Guldkysten (2015)
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Jakob Oftebro, Danica Curcic, John Aggrey, Luise Skov
A Danish botanist sent to inspect a plantation uncovers evidence of a clandestine slave trade and seeks to expose those responsible.
The story
Young botanist Wulff is sent by the Danish king from Randers to the Gold Coast to inspect a coffee plantation, leaving his fiancée in Jutland with a promise to return in a year. Although slavery has officially been abolished, he observes harsh treatment of Black people and questions why it continues. One night, he discovers a ship being loaded with Black people in chains. When he reports what he saw to the governor and his associates, they dismiss him as delirious with fever. Determined to learn who is behind the transport and stop it, Wulff finds an ally in missionary and schoolteacher Caroline.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The young botanist Wulff (Jakob Oftebro) from Randers is sent by the Danish king to the Gold Coast (the former Danish colony of Danish Guinea, in what is now Ghana) to inspect a coffee plantation. He leaves his fiancée in Jutland and promises to return in a year. Slavery has long since been abolished, but when he arrives, it turns out that things are not as they seem. Wulff is an idealist who wants what is best for people. He wonders why the whites treat the Black people so harshly when the slave trade has been forbidden for many years. One night, he accidentally discovers a slave ship being loaded with Black people in chains. When he tells the governor (Morten Holst) and his henchmen, Dall (Anders Heinrichsen) and Herbst (Adam Ild Rohweder), they claim he is delirious with fever. Wulff, however, is determined to find out who is behind the slave transport and put an end to these atrocities. Only the Danish missionary and schoolteacher Caroline (Danica Curcic) believes him. She urges him to take on the governor.
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