The Escape (2009)

ALL 01/09/2009 (da) Drama, Thriller 114 Min
  • Release
    01/09/2009
  • Production
    Nimbus Film
  • Rotten tomato
    40%
  • Original title
    Flugten
  • Original language
    da
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Story

  2. Morten Kaufmann

    Producer



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The Escape (2009) 114 Min

ALL 01/09/2009 (da)
Drama, Thriller
  • Release 01/09/2009
  • Production
    Nimbus Film
  • Original title Flugten
  • da
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Kathrine Windfeld

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Sofia Lindgren

    Editor

  4. Morten Kaufmann

    Producer