Skyggen i mit øje, hedder det nye 2. Verdenskrigsdrama af Ole Bornedal. I fortællingen, om den katastrofale bombning af Den Franske Skole, spiller Jens Sætter-Lassen en tilfangetagen frihedskæmper.
Den 21. Marts 1945 angreb britiske Royal Air Force Gestapos hovedkvarter i Shellhuset i København. Et af flyene styrtede ned ved Den Franske Skole, og da de efterfølgende fly fejlagtigt troede det var målet, fik det fatale konsekvenser.
Med Skyggen i mit øje har Ole Bornedal skabt en gribende fortælling om de mennesker, der følte angrebet på helt nært hold. Både på skolen, men også i Shellhuset, hvor to frihedskæmpere, spillet af Jens Sætter-Lassen og Joen Højerslev blandt andre sad.
Optagelserne til filmen gik igang for ganske nylig, og målet for instruktør Ole Bornedal er, at skabe en menneskeligt nærværende film, der fortæller et vigtigt stykke Danmarkshistorie og en barsk skildring af livet under krigen: “Jeg har tænkt på denne film i mange år og opdagede, at den eneste mulige måde jeg kunne lave filmen på, var ved at se den gennem børnene og de purunge menneskers øjne. At lave en fortælling om forundringen over krigens bizarre væsen og Guds manglende nærvær”.
På rollelisten finder man også blandt andre Alex Høgh Andersen og Danica Curcic. Derudover en række børn, som skal fortælle om krigens rædsler fra et helt ungt perspektiv, hvorfor den adskiller sig fra mange andre film om samme periode.
Jonas Allen, som med Peter Bose og Miso Film har produceret Skyggen i mit øje, er glad for denne unikke tilgang: “Vi er stolte over, at det er lykkedes os at skabe rammerne for en så stor og kompleks periodefilm. Filmen er en vigtig del af Danmarks 2. verdenskrigsfortælling, som vi ser frem til at bringe ud til et stort publikum”.
Filmen forventes at have dansk premiere i efteråret 2020.
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Jens Sætter-Lassen plays freedom fighter in new World War II feature film
“Skyggen i mit øje” is the name of the new World War II movie, directed by the highly acclaimed, Danish director Ole Bornedal. It is a story of a catastrophical bombing of a school, that was never supposed to be targeted. Jens Sætter-Lassen plays one of the many people who experienced the raid up close.
On March 21st 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo’s Headquarters in Copenhagen. One of the bombers accidentally crashed into a local school, which lead some of the others to believe that the school was the target. The attack had fatal consequences and 120 people were killed, of whom 86 were children.
With “Skyggen i mit øje”, Ole Bornedal has created a captivating story of the people who felt and experienced the raid at first hand. Both at the school, but also at the Gestapo Headquarters, where two freedom fighters, played by Jens Sætter-Lassen and Joen Højerslev, is kept captive.
Shootings started only recently of the film, which Ole Bornedal himself describes as an important piece of Danish history, that is a grim depiction of life during wartime: “I’ve thought of making this film for many years and realised that the only possible way to make it, was to see the depiction through the eyes of children and young people. To create a story, where you are left to wonder on the bizarre creature that is war and on the lacking presence of God”.
The fact that it is young children telling the story of the terrors of war, is also what separates it from other historical period dramas.
The film is produced by Miso Film, led by Peter Bose and Jonas Allen, who is excited about this unique approach and is looking forward to bringing the film out to a broader audience.
Other partners to the film are: Netflix, The Danish Film Institute, SF Studios, Sirena Film and TV 2 Denmark.
The film is expected to premiere in Danish cinemas in late 2020.