Before It Ends

Before It Ends

90 mins | Drama, War, History | Sept. 23, 2023

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?

Before It Ends

90 mins | Drama, War, History | Sept. 23, 2023

Before It Ends
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?
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Nordisk Film
Original title Når befrielsen kommer
Directors Theodor Garnæs Kramer Engen, Anders Walter
Writers Anders Walter

Cast

Pilou Asbæk

as Jakob

Ulrich Thomsen

as Lauritz

Lasse Peter Larsen

as Søren

Peter Kurth

as Heinrich

Jens Jørn Spottag

as Pastor Eriksen

Claus Riis Østergaard

as Overlæge

Jytte Kvinesdal

as Erna Nielsen

August Carter

as Tysk soldat 3

Hans Henrik Clemensen

as Dr. Nielsen

Katrin Weisser

as Frau von Wenk

Mette Munk Plum

as Enkefru Andersen

Amalie Drud Abildgaard

as Sygeplejerske

Robin Sondermann

as Tysk officer

Silja Ellemann Kiehne

as Flygtningebarn

Ronald Kukulies

as Kommandant Hertzog