SIMON AND THE OAKS
by Lisa Ohlin
synopsis
Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from Germany. After WWII Simon travels to explore his roots - a journey that leads to the basic mysteries of the human life. After the bestselling novel by Marianne Fredriksson.
| international title: | Simon and The Oaks |
| original title: | Simon och ekarna |
| country: | Sweden, Denmark, Germany |
| year: | 2011 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Lisa Ohlin |
| film run: | 122' |
| release date: | SE 09/12/2011, NO 25/12/2011, DE 28/06/2012, NL 20/09/2012, CZ 06/06/2013 |
| screenplay: | Marnie Blok, Lisa Ohlin |
| cast: | Bill Skarsgård, Helen Sjöholm, Stefan Gödicke, Jonatan S. Wächter, Jan Josef Liefers, Karl Martin Eriksson, Karl Linnertorp, Erica Löfgren, Katharina Schüttler |
| cinematography by: | Dan Laustsen |
| film editing: | Kasper Leick |
| art director: | Anders Engelbrecht, Lena Selander |
| costumes designer: | Katja Watkins |
| music: | Annette Focks |
| producer: | Leander Carell, Marc-Daniel Dichant, Sveinung Golimo, Per Holst, Patrick Knippel, Steffen Reuter, Jessica Ask |
| production: | Götafilm, Filmkameratene AS, Asta Film ApS, Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv GmbH |
| backing: | Film i Väst, Deutsche Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg |
| distributor: | Film Europe, Film Europe s.r.o. |
