
Erna at War
2020 · Movie · 100 min · ★ 7.7
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.
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Details
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-10-29
- Language
- Danish
- Runtime
- 100 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.7/10 (45 votes)
Themes
- based on novel or book
- world war i
- motherhood
- mother son relationship
Cast & crew

Trine Dyrholm
as Erna Jensen

Ulrich Thomsen
as Feldwebel Meier

Anders W. Berthelsen
as Anton Seiersen

Elias Munk
as Julius Rasmussen

Ari Alexander
as Max Petersen

Sylvester Byder
as Kalle Jensen

Emil Aron Dorph
as Mathias Hansen
- ML
Mads Landelund
as Christian Poulsen

Aksel Ojari
as Fritz Müller

Patrick Descamps
as French Camp Commander
Directed by Henrik Ruben Genz