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Feature film — 2020

Mother at War (2020)

7.51h 40mDrama — War

1918. World War I rages in Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary life at home in Bramstrup, with her simple-minded son, Kalle. One day the village constable comes to enlist Kalle for military service for the German Empire – of which Southern Jutland is a part. If Erna is to save Kalle from certain death, she must follow him through thick and thin. Upon a chance meeting with a deserting solder she trades identities. Now disguised as Private Julius Rasmussen, Erna heads for the front. In her encounters with the other soldiers and in the presence of the war, unknown sides of Erna are awoken. This is the story of a woman who won’t let a war prevent her from fighting for what she loves.

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A high-signal pick with 47 votes.

Nimbus Film / Nafta / Entre Chien et Loup

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Director: Henrik Ruben Genz

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Cast & crew

Trine Dyrholm as Erna Jensen

Trine Dyrholm

Erna Jensen

Ulrich Thomsen as Feldwebel Meier

Ulrich Thomsen

Feldwebel Meier

Anders W. Berthelsen as Anton Seiersen

Anders W. Berthelsen

Anton Seiersen

Elias Munk as Julius Rasmussen

Elias Munk

Julius Rasmussen

Ari Alexander as Max Petersen

Ari Alexander

Max Petersen

Sylvester Byder as Kalle Jensen

Sylvester Byder

Kalle Jensen

Emil Aron Dorph as Mathias Hansen

Emil Aron Dorph

Mathias Hansen

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Mads Landelund

Christian Poulsen

Aksel Ojari as Fritz Müller

Aksel Ojari

Fritz Müller

Patrick Descamps as French Camp Commander

Patrick Descamps

French Camp Commander

Jørn Holstein as Train Conductor

Jørn Holstein

Train Conductor

H

Hugo Henry

German Interpreter

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