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Brothers
A Danish officer, Michael, is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some days earlier. While on the search, his helicopter is shot down and he is taken as a prisoner of war, but is reported dead to the family.
2004 · Directed by Susanne Bier · 117 min · Drama · War · 10 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Linda Daae
- Written by: Anders Thomas Jensen, Susanne Bier
- Cinematography: Morten Søborg
- Edited by: Pernille Bech Christensen, Adam Nielsen
- Music: Johan Söderqvist
- Production design: Viggo Bentzon
- Produced by: Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Cast
- Connie Nielsen as Sarah
- Ulrich Thomsen as Michael
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Jannik
- Sarah Juel Werner as Natalia
- Rebecca Løgstrup as Camilla
- Solbjørg Højfeldt as Else
- Bent Mejding as Henning
- Niels Olsen as Allentoft
- Paw Henriksen as Niels Peter
- Lars Ranthe as Preben 1
Production
- Country: Denmark
- Language: Arabic, Danish, English
- Studios: Zentropa Entertainments
- Themes: sibling relationship, prisoner, afghanistan, woman director
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