The Escape
Flugten
Release: 2009-01-09
·Runtime: 114m
·★ 4.2
Drama
Thriller
Danish journalist Rikke Lyngvig is taken hostage in Afghanistan by a terror group. With help from one of the terrorists, the young Nazir, Rikke manages to escape. On her return, she is soon declared the Danish Jessica Lynch and her career is launched into the spotlight. All the while Nazir flees from Afghanistan, heading for Denmark. When he finally seeks out Rikke, she is shocked and torn. Is she willing to help the man who threatened to kill her, and to jeopardize her new-found career? Their tumultuous encounter turns into an ill-fated confrontation with their own demons and a nation driven by a hunger for sensation and political populism.
Production Countries
Denmark
Production Companies
Nimbus Film
Cast
Vibeke Hastrup
as Hanne Hvidtfeldt
Jacob Ulrik Lohmann
as Politibetjent
Caspar Phillipson
as Politibetjent
Johannes Langkilde
as TV2 journalist
Lars Mikkelsen
as Thomas Jargil
Toke Græsborg
as Ægge
Mishal Husain
as BBC journalist
Sonja Richter
as Sara Jargil
Mikael Birkkjær
as Claes Kielland
Sarah Boberg
as Læge
Iben Hjejle
as Rikke Lyngvig
Line Gertsen
as DR journalist
Muhammed Cangören
as Doktor
Mads Nørby
as Peder Bondemand
Henrik Prip
as Arne Hansen
Søren Spanning
as Jesper Bech
Anders Valentinus Dam
as Politibetjent
Morten Hemmingsen
as Politibetjent
Dina Al-Erhayem
as Journalist
Kurt Strand
as Deadline, journalist
Søren Sætter-Lassen
as Steffensen
Gerard Carey Bidstrup
as Sekretær
Alper Kul
as Zalmai Hussani
Crew
Mette Heeno
Screenplay
Jimmy Leavens
Grip
Trine Cordes Berg
Makeup Artist
Sofia Lindgren
Editor
Lena Paaske
Casting
Louize Nissen
Costume Design
Bjørg Serup
Key Makeup Artist
Bo Ehrhardt
Executive Producer
Jonas Alarik
Director of Photography, Still Photographer
Jean-Paul Wall
Original Music Composer
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Sound Designer
Rie Hedegaard
Casting
Kathrine Windfeld
Director