The Hand of Fate

The story

The God-fearing vicar Niels Quist lives with his beloved daughter Mette in the small Jutland town of Vejlby. The newly elected county bailiff and local magistrate, Erik Sørensen, is the lucky fellow who wins Mette’s heart, but their happiness is short-lived: One day, the vicar’s farmhand mysteriously disappears, and all signs suggest that the vicar is the killer. But is Erik Sørensen willing and able to sentence his own true love's father to death?

Cast & crew

Gunnar TolnæsErik Sørensen, herredsfoged

Viggo WieheSøren Quist, sognepræsten i Vejlby

Ingeborg Spangsfeldt

Ingeborg SpangsfeldtMette, præstens datter

Peter Nielsen

Peter NielsenMorten Bruus til Ingvorstrup

Hans Christian Sørensen

Hans Christian SørensenNiels Bruus

Clara SchønfeldMoster Gertrud

Hans Dynesen

Hans DynesenPræsten i Aalsø