Overview

Spanning three generations, the film depicts life in Copenhagen from the perspective of the working class. The film portrays the development of the city, the new opportunities arising and the improved living conditions created as the welfare state expands. ‘From darkness towards light’ is Denmark’s first-ever Social Democratic propaganda film, and it was part of the election campaign leading up to the local elections in 1929. (stumfilm.dk)

Top Cast

K

Knud Rassow

Lars Hansen, farveriarbejder

Marie Dinesen

Karen Hansen, Lars' kone

E

Edith Norup

Eva, Hansens datter

H

Hjalmar Bendtsen

Fabrikant Gorm

F

Frida Budtz Müller

Fru Gorm

C

Carl Hillebrandt

Kaj Gorm

P

Poul Rohde

Max Gorm

K

Kiss Bendtsen

Olga Gorm