The true story of the Fiils: a family of innkeepers who, during Nazi-Germany's occupation of Denmark, took up arms against the German occupiers. But in the fight for freedom, some must die so that others may live.
Acting
Bodil Jørgensen's Gudrun carries the weight of impossible maternal choices.
Direction
Bjarup Riis makes the inn itself feel increasingly claustrophobic.
Director
Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis
Jens Jørn Spottag
Marius Fiil
Bodil Jørgensen
Gudrun Fiil
Marie Bach Hansen
Tulle Fiil
Thomas Ernst
Niels Fiil
Laura Winther Møller
Gerda Fiil
Jesper Riefensthal
Peter Sørensen
Bjarne Henriksen
Albert Carlo Iversen
Mads Wille
Ole Geisler / Axel Nielsen
Jesper Asholt
Thorup Petersen
Morten Christensen
Knud Christensen
Arne Siemsen
Søren Kristensen
Frederik Meldal Nørgaard
Andreas Stenz
Jakob Svarre Juhl
Jens Stenz
Peder Holm Johansen
Anders Steensgaard
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Hvidsten Inn still stands; the Fiil family were executed in 1944 and remain Danish national heroes.
Denmark's 'policy of cooperation' meant fewer deportations than other occupied nations—making active resistance like the Fiils' statistically rarer and politically loaded.
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