BEFORE IT ENDS
synopsis
The film is inspired by true events and depicts a sensitive chapter in the history of Denmark: The handling of approximately 250.000 German refugees who came to Denmark right before the country´s liberation in the spring of 1945. When a Folk High School is turned into an internment camp for 500 German refugees, the headmaster family is thrust into an impossible dilemma. Should they go against the Danes´ anti-German sentiment and help the refugees – or stand firm in the resistance against the Germans?
international title: | Before It Ends |
original title: | Når befrielsen kommer |
country: | Denmark |
year: | 2023 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Anders Walter |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | DK 24/08/2023 |
screenplay: | Anders Walter |
cast: | Pilou Asbæk, Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, Ulrich Thomsen, Morten Hee Andersen |
cinematography by: | Rasmus Heise |
film editing: | Lars Wissing |
art director: | Heidi Plugge |
costumes designer: | Emilie Bøge Dresler |
music: | Johan Söderqvist |
producer: | Mette Høst Hansen, Miriam Nørgaard, Tomas Radoor |
executive producer: | Henrik Zein |
associate producer: | Ditte Juel |
line producer: | Caroline Reichhardt |
production: | Nordisk Film Production A/S |
distributor: | Nordisk Film Distribution |