SONJA - THE WHITE SWAN

By Anne Sewitsky

FACTS

Title: SONJA - THE WHITE SWAN

Original title: SONJA

Director: Anne Sewitsky

Cast: Ine Marie Wilmann, Valene Kane, Eldar Skar, Anders Mordal, Malcolm Adams

Genre: Drama

Duration: 114 min

Language: NORWEGIAN

Additional Languages: English

Country of origin: NORWAY

Scriptwriter: Mette Marit Bølstad, Andreas Markusson

Cinematographer: Daniel Voldheim

Editor: Christoffer Heie

Production Company: Maipo Film AS

Producers: Synnøve Hørsdal, Cornelia Boysen

Production year: 2018

Budget EUR: 7.1M

Local release: 25-12-2018

Film status: Internationally Premiered

SONJA - THE WHITE SWAN is the true story of one of the world's greatest athletes and the inventor of modern figure skating, who decides to go to Hollywood in 1936 to become a movie star. Her first film breaks the box office by selling the most tickets in the world in 1937. It is the story of a remarkable, iconic person who sacrificed everything to stay in the spotlight.