Mother at War
Released: 2020
Drama, War
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.
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Elias Munk, Ari Alexander, Sylvester Byder, Emil Aron Dorph, Mads Landelund
Directed by: Henrik Ruben Genz
Written by: Henrik Ruben Genz, Bo Hr. Hansen, Erling Jepsen
Language: German, Danish
Scenes
While traveling to the war front, disquised as a male soldier, Erna (Trine Dyrholm) and the other soldiers take a peebreak in a forrest. While squatting in a secluded spot, Erna is attacked by a fellow soldier.
While in the trenches, Erna pees into a bucket, and drops the contains of the bucket onto the battlefield.
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Alternate Titles
Erna i krig (Original title)
Erna at War
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