BETRAYED

By Eirik Svensson

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Title: BETRAYED
Original title: DEN STØRSTE FORBRYTELSEN
Director: Eirik Svensson
Cast: Jakob Oftebro, Silje Storstein, Carl Martin Eggesbø, Eilif Hartwig, Michalis Koutsogiannakis
Genre: Drama
Duration: 120 min
Language: NORWEGIAN
Country of origin: Norway
Cinematographer: Karl Erik Brøndbo
Editor: Christian Siebenherz & Elise Solberg
Production Company: Fantefilm Fiksjon
Producers: Martin Sundland, Catrin Gundersen & Therese Bøhn
Production year: 2020
Budget EUR: 5.5M
Local release: 25-12-2020
Film status: Completed

During World War II, millions of Jews from all over Europe are deported and killed in German concentration camps. When the German troops invade Norway, the Norwegian Jews feel safe and protected. But anti-Semitism knows no borders and as the war escalates in Europe, the situation changes drastically. Suddenly, their radios are taken away; their passports are stamped with a big J and one day, all the men over the age of 15 are arrested and taken to prisons camps. Many of the women left behind are too frightened to escape and are desperately waiting for their husbands and sons to come back home. On November 26, 1942, hundreds of Jews are picked up by the police in the middle of the night and are transported to the dock in Oslo. Unknowing and frightened men, women, children, sick and old are forced on board the awaiting German cargo ship "SS DONAU". The ship leaves with 532 Norwegian Jews onboard; 302 men, 188 women and 42 children. The end station is Auschwitz. BETRAYED is based on the true story about the Braude family. An ordinary Norwegian family whose fate is sealed by the fact that they are Jews.

With the support of the Creative Europe Programme - MEDIA

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Festival overview

International Filmfest Emden-Norderney
Award: Score Bernhard Wicki Award
2021

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Awards: Best Foreign Language Drama, Honerable Mention to Pia Halvorsen
2021

Belgrade International Film Festival
2021

International Filmfest Emden-Norderney
2021

Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
2021

Noordelijk Film Festival
2021

Sedona International Film Festival
2022