THE GOOD TRAITOR
synopsis
9th of April 1940 Denmark is attacked by Nazi Germany with the demand of an immediate and unconditional capitulation. After a few hours, the Danish Government surrenders and begins a cooperation with the Nazis. But on the other side of the Atlantic is the Danish ambassador in America, the daredevil and man of the world, Henrik Kauffmann who is willing to stake everything in one throw. He refuses to give in to the German demands and instead he creates a rebellious plan to defeat Hitler and give the Danish population back their freedom.
international title: | The Good Traitor |
original title: | Vores mand i Amerika |
country: | Denmark |
sales agent: | REinvent Studios |
year: | 2020 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Christina Rosendahl |
film run: | 110' |
release date: | DK 13/08/2020 |
screenplay: | Kristian Bang Foss, Dunja Gry Jensen, Christina Rosendahl |
cast: | Burn Gorman, Ross McCall, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Zoë Tapper, Ulrich Thomsen, Denise Gough, Pixie Davies, Henry Goodman, Levente Puczkó-Smith, Nicholas Blane |
cinematography by: | Louise McLaughlin |
film editing: | Oliver Bugge Coutté, Janus Billeskov Jansen |
art director: | Rie Lykke Johannesen |
costumes designer: | Helle Nielsen, Edit Szücs |
music: | Jonas Struck |
producer: | Jonas Frederiksen |
executive producer: | Bo Ehrhardt, Birgitte Hald |
line producer: | Karen Baumbach, Eszter Gyárfás, Marianne Jul Hansen, Kim Arnt Torp |
production: | Nimbus Film |
distributor: | SF Studios Denmark |