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Lucky Per (Danish: Lykke-Per) is a novel by Danish Nobel Prize–winning author Henrik Pontoppidan published in eight volumes between 1898 and 1904. It is considered one of the major Danish novels, and in 2004 it was made part of the Danish Culture Canon.
A Fortunate Man (Danish: Lykke-Per) is a 2018 Danish drama film directed by Bille August. In August 2018, it was one of three films shortlisted to be the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards.
Lykke Per, or Lucky Per (the word lykke means both lucky and happy in Danish) is a Bildungsroman chronicling the life of Per Sidenius, a gifted young man, the descendant of a long line of clergymen, who rebels against the piety of his home, flees his restricted life in the Danish countryside and sets out to seek fame and fortune in Copenhagen ...
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A gifted engineer flees his austere roots to pursue wealth and success among Copenhagen's elite, but the pride propelling him threatens to be his ruin. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Bille August
A Fortunate Man: With Esben Smed, Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, Benjamin Kitter, Tommy Kenter. The story of Per Sidenius, a farmer's son seeking to transform the Danish countryside despite his strict upbringing. He courts the daughter of a wealthy Copenhagen family but struggles to gain elite support.
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- 2018-12-26
- Drama, Romance
Oct 14, 2019 · Magnificently metaphysical and boldly human, Henrik Pontoppidan’s “Lucky Per” plays for the highest possible stakes. By James Wood. October 14, 2019. Henrik Pontoppidan, a winner of the Nobel...
A young man breaks free from his devoutly religious family in Western Denmark to pursue an engineering degree.
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- Drama, History
