The Escape

January. 09,2009      
Rating:
5.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Danish journalist Rikke Lyngvig is taken hostage in Afghanistan by a terror group. With help from one of the terrorists, the young Nazir, Rikke manages to escape. On her return, she is soon declared the Danish Jessica Lynch and her career is launched into the spotlight. All the while Nazir flees from Afghanistan, heading for Denmark. When he finally seeks out Rikke, she is shocked and torn. Is she willing to help the man who threatened to kill her, and to jeopardize her new-found career? Their tumultuous encounter turns into an ill-fated confrontation with their own demons and a nation driven by a hunger for sensation and political populism.

Iben Hjejle as  Rikke Lyngvig
Lars Mikkelsen as  Thomas Jargil
Sonja Richter as  Sara Jargil
Vibeke Hastrup as  Hanne Hvidtfeldt
Sarah Boberg as  Doctor
Henrik Prip as  Arne Hansen
Søren Spanning as  Jesper Bech
Mikael Birkkjær as  Claes Kielland
Søren Sætter-Lassen as  Steffensen
Jacob Ulrik Lohmann as  Policeman

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