Mother at War

Mother at War

100 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 29, 2020

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.

Mother at War

100 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 29, 2020

Mother at 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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Nimbus Film
Original title Erna i krig
Directors Henrik Ruben Genz
Writers Erling Jepsen, Bo Hr. Hansen, Henrik Ruben Genz

Cast

Trine Dyrholm

as Erna Jensen

Ulrich Thomsen

as Feldwebel Meier

Anders W. Berthelsen

as Anton Seiersen

Elias Munk

as Julius Rasmussen

Ari Alexander

as Max Petersen

Sylvester Byder

as Kalle Jensen

Emil Aron Dorph

as Mathias Hansen

Mads Landelund

as Christian Poulsen

Aksel Ojari

as Fritz Müller

Patrick Descamps

as French Camp Commander

Jørn Holstein

as Train Conductor

Hugo Henry

as German Interpreter

David Dumont

as Whispering Soldier

Helle Bo

as Older Woman Bramstrup

Gert Raudsep

as Retiring Feldwebel

Heino Seljamaa

as Lieutenant Colonel

Andreas Perschewski

as Retiring Feldwebel (voice)

Ingo Brosch

as Lieutenant Colonel (voice)

Anton Klink

as German Soldier (uncredited)