Sofie (1992)

Release Date: 1992-09-25
Runtime: 2h 32min
Production Company: Det Danske Filminstitut
Production Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Director: Liv Ullmann

Liv Ulmann's directorial debut also had her co-authoring the screenplay (with poet Peter Poulsen) as based on a Henri Nathansen's 1932 novel about an affluent late 19th century Jewish merchant family in Copenhagen. Ulmann focuses on strong-willed daughter Sofie's progress through life: a love affair with a gentile painter, an arranged marriage , childbirth and ever more fateful challenges.