Mother at War

The story

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

T Trine DyrholmErna Jensen U Ulrich ThomsenFeldwebel Meier A Anders W. BerthelsenAnton Seiersen E Elias MunkJulius Rasmussen A Ari AlexanderMax Petersen S Sylvester ByderKalle Jensen E Emil Aron DorphMathias Hansen M Mads LandelundChristian Poulsen A Aksel OjariFritz Müller P Patrick DescampsFrench Camp Commander J Jørn HolsteinTrain Conductor H Hugo HenryGerman Interpreter

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D David DumontWhispering Soldier H Helle BoOlder Woman Bramstrup G Gert RaudsepRetiring Feldwebel H Heino SeljamaaLieutenant Colonel A Andreas PerschewskiRetiring Feldwebel (voice) I Ingo BroschLieutenant Colonel (voice) A Anton KlinkGerman Soldier (uncredited)