Mother at War

Henrik Ruben Genz
2020-10-29

The world is at war but one woman is fighting her own
7.6
100 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Trine Dyrholm Erna Jensen Unowned
Ulrich Thomsen Feldwebel Meier Unowned
Anders W. Berthelsen Anton Seiersen Unowned
Elias Munk Julius Rasmussen Unowned
Ari Alexander Max Petersen Unowned
Sylvester Byder Kalle Jensen Unowned
Emil Aron Dorph Mathias Hansen Unowned
Mads Landelund Christian Poulsen Unowned
Aksel Ojari Fritz Müller Unowned
Patrick Descamps French Camp Commander Unowned
Jørn Holstein Train Conductor Unowned
Hugo Henry German Interpreter Unowned
David Dumont Whispering Soldier Unowned
Helle Bo Older Woman Bramstrup Unowned
Gert Raudsep Retiring Feldwebel Unowned
Heino Seljamaa Lieutenant Colonel Unowned
Andreas Perschewski Retiring Feldwebel (voice) Unowned
Ingo Brosch Lieutenant Colonel (voice) Unowned
Anton Klink German Soldier (uncredited) Unowned