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Drømmen/ We Shall Overcome

Niels Arden Oplev, 2006

13-year-old Frits has fallen out of favour with the headmaster of his provincial school. The year is 1969. The world is changing rapidly and corporal punishment has been banned. The tyrannical headmaster, however, hasn't bothered to notice. Frits spends his summer holidays watching the family's first television, and is influenced by the winds of change. Martin Luther King's speeches and dreams of a better life have armoured Frits with courage and the desire for rebellion. When the headmaster steps over the line during punishing Frits, the boy takes up battle against the authorities. The story is based on actual events.


Danish Feature Film
 
Danish TitleDrømmen
English TitleWe Shall Overcome
Danish Release24.03.2006
Country of originDenmark
Running time105 min
Technical Data35mm / 1.85:1 (widescreen) / colour / Dolby SR Digital
CategoryDrama
DirectorNiels Arden Oplev
ScreenplayNiels Arden Oplev, Steen Bille
Director of photographyLars Vestergaard
EditorSøren B. Ebbe
SoundPeter Schultz
ComposerJacob Groth
Production designerSøren Skjær
AppearancesBent Mejding, Anders W. Berthelsen, Jens Jørn Spottag, Anne Grethe Bjarup Riis, Peter Hesse Overgaard, Sarah Juel Werner, Janus Dissing Rathke
ProducerSisse Graum Jørgensen
Executive producerPeter Aalbæk Jensen, Peter Garde
ProductionZentropa Entertainments
Finance(DK) Zentropa Entertainments11 ApS; (DK) Danish Film Institute (Lena Hansson Varhegyi); (DK) TV 2/Danmark; (DK) FilmFyn; (UK) Zoma Film; Nordic Film & TV Fund
Danish DistributorNordisk Film Distribution A/S
International salesTrustNordisk / Filmbyen 12 / DK-2650 Hvidovre / t +45 3686 8788 / f +45 3677 4448 / info@trustnordisk.com / www.trustnordisk.com
FestivalsDanish Film Institute