A poignant drama about a Danish family's unbearable loss and total disintegration, but above all about the faith and hope that miraculously gives them the superhuman strength not to give up.
Acting
Bodil Jørgensen carries generations of sorrow in her shoulders
Direction
Riis lets silence scream louder than any battle scene
Director
Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis
Bodil Jørgensen
Gudrun Fiil
Marie Bach Hansen
Tulle Fiil
Laura Winther Møller
Gerda Fiil
Ellen Hillingsø
Monica Emily Wichfeld
Louise Bonde
Pie Baastrup Thomsen
Nadia Kvist
Grethe Jensen
Holger Østergaard Kristensen
Pastor Christensen
Emil Holmsteen
Sophus Boas
Lise Schrøder
Kogekone Marie
Lars Knutzon
Hvidebus chauffør Petersen
Anna Tulestedt
Sugeplejerske Margaretha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the true Fiil family, part of the Danish resistance whose story was largely erased from popular WWII narratives. Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis spent years securing rights from surviving descendants.
The five sisters were cast before the script was complete; their real-life bonding during rehearsals shaped the film's authentic sibling dynamics. Bodil Jørgensen initially refused the role, fearing she couldn't embody such monumental grief.
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