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DANIEL

SER DU MÅNEN, DANIEL

By Niels ARDEN OPLEV

Drama - Completed 2019

DANIEL is based on Puk Damgård’s bestseller and tells the true story of one of the most spectacular and horrific ISIS kidnappings in recent times.

- Year of production
- 2019
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- DENMARK
- Languages
- DANISH, ENGLISH, ARABIC
- Budget
- 5 - 10 M$
- Duration
- 135 mn
- Director(s)
- Niels ARDEN OPLEV
- Cast
- Esben SMED, Anders W. BERTHELSEN , Toby KEBBELL, Sofie TORP, Sara HJORT, Jens JØRN SPOTTAG
- Producer(s)
- Morten KAUFMANN (Toolbox Film ApS), Signe LEICK JENSEN (Toolbox Film ApS)
- Synopsis
- DANIEL tells the story of one of the most spectacular kidnappings in recent times. The protagonist is the young Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye who was held hostage for 398 days in Syria by the terror organisation Islamic State along with several other foreign nationals including the American journalist James Foley. The film follows Daniel’s struggle to survive in captivity, his friendship with James, and the nightmare of the Rye family back home in Denmark as they try to cope with the fear that they may never see their son alive again. At the centre of this crisis, we find hostage negotiator, Arthur, who plays a pivotal role in securing Daniel’s release. DANIEL is co-directed by actor, Anders W. Berthelsen.