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The Escape

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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.

Date: 01/09/2009

Rating: 4.3

Cast: Iben Hjejle, Lars Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter, Vibeke Hastrup, Sarah Boberg, Faegh Zamani, Henrik Prip, Søren Spanning, Mikael Birkkjær, Søren Sætter-Lassen, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann, Toke Græsborg, Rafi Bayan, Mehrdad Zamani, Mads Nørby, Wagma Dicent, Dina Al-Erhayem, Anders Valentinus Dam, Caspar Phillipson, Morten Hemmingsen, Mathilde Hebsgaard Lund, Lara Rox-Laursen, Line Gertsen, Morten Schnell-Lauritzen, Kurt Strand, Johannes Langkilde, Mishal Husain, Alper Kul, Canan Ersan, Sevgi Adiguzel, Halil Aydin, Murat Kirmuzioglu, Mehmet Eminyel, Daniel Zefier, Mehmet Altinkaya, Cemil Omay, Abdulhamid Dayan, Alaadin Algul, Remziye Karael, Hasibe Guven, Zehra Karael, Cengiz Kaman, Mehmet Kaman, Rifat Biskin, Muhammed Cangören, Gerard Carey Bidstrup

Iben Hjejle