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Mother at War

Mother at War

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 29, 2020

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama, War

User Score

76%

Original Title

Erna i krig

Production Companies

Nimbus Film, Nafta, Entre Chien et Loup

Director

Henrik Ruben Genz

Description

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.