Academy Award-winning director Billie August (Pelle the Conqueror), has crafted a new masterpiece of epic scope and high romance. In the late 19th century an ambitious and ruthless young man rebels against his overbearing clergyman father and travels to Copenhagen to study engineering and realize his dreams. Barely making ends meet and not knowing where his next meal will come from, he insinuates himself into a wealthy Jewish family and seduces the eldest daughter. A Fortunate Man is a throwback to the great classics of cinema filled with superb performances, breathtaking cinematography and tragic consequences.