

The Escape
2009-01-09 · 114 min · ★ 4.6
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.
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- Directors
- Kathrine Windfeld
- Production companies
- Nimbus Film
- Countries
- Denmark
- Status
- Released
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Iben HjejleRikke Lyngvig
Lars MikkelsenThomas Jargil
Sonja RichterSara Jargil
Mikael BirkkjærClaes Kielland
Henrik PripArne Hansen
Toke GræsborgÆgge
Søren SpanningJesper Bech
Vibeke HastrupHanne Hvidtfeldt
Søren Sætter-LassenSteffensen
Mads NørbyPeder Bondemand
Sarah BobergLæge
Dina Al-ErhayemJournalist
Gerard Carey BidstrupSekretær
Jacob LohmannPolitibetjent
Anders Valentinus DamPolitibetjent
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