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ERNA AT WAR

By Henrik RUBEN GENZ

NEWEN CONNECT A TF1 GROUP COMPANY - as SALES All rights, World

Drama - Completed 2020

ERNA AT WAR is the story of an exceptional and powerful woman who shines through a world of darkness and defies all odds to fight for what matters most to her: Her Son.

- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- BELGIUM, DENMARK, ESTONIA
- Languages
- DANISH
- Duration
- 100 mn
- Director(s)
- Henrik RUBEN GENZ
- Writer(s)
- Bo Hr. HANSEN , Henrik RUBEN GENZ
- Cast
- Trine DYRHOLM, Sylvester BYDER, Ulrich THOMSEN, Anders W. BERTHELSEN
- Producer(s)
- Birgitte HALD (NIMBUS FILM PRODUCTIONS), Nynne SELIN EIDNES (NIMBUS FILM PRODUCTIONS), Sébastien DELLOYE (ENTRE CHIEN ET LOUP (BELGIUM)), Esko RIPS (NAFTA FILMS)
- Synopsis
- Denmark, 1918. WWI is raging through Europe. Germany is so low on soldiers, young Danish men are being drafted to join the war. A group of soldiers headed up by Officer Meyer show up at Erna’s house to enlist her 17-year-old son Kalle in the German army. Determined to stay close to Kalle, Erna takes drastic action: she takes on the identity of a soldier who has deserted ranks, so that she can follow Kalle´s unit and protect him.
  To get support, Erna makes a secret pact with Officer Meyer, who takes a liking to her. But soon Erna finds herself trapped in her disguise as a man, in a violent world of men, heading off to battle on the front lines! She also has to come to terms with Kalle's new determination to find his own way amid the horrors of war. As she learns to let go, Erna will finally open up her heart, discover passion and free herself from the dark secret she has been holding in for so many years.