Event

Across the Waters - Keene, NH

New England Premiere

Putnam Arts Lecture Hall, Redfern Arts Center
Keene, NH

Admission: $10.00
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Director Nicolo Donato
Drama, 2017, Denmark
95 minutes
Danish (with English subtitles)

Unsure of whom they can trust, a Jewish musician and his family make a frantic escape from Nazi-occupied Denmark in this gripping story of survival and rescue.
Enjoying the nightlife of 1943 Copenhagen, jazz guitarist Arne Itkin (David Dencik, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy") is seemingly immune to the hardships of war, as the Danish government opts for a compliant relationship with Nazi Germany. He is initially skeptical when his terrified wife hears rumors of the round-up and deportation of Danish Jews. An overnight raid, however, forces the couple to flee their home with their five-year-old son. Aided by a church pastor and underground resistance, they set out on a journey to the fishing village of Gilleleje, where refugees await passage to Sweden by boat. Amid lurking danger from the Gestapo and their collaborators, the family puts its fate in the hands of strangers, whose allegiance and motives are not always clear.
Based on true events, the film is directed and co-written by Nicolo Donato, whose own grandfather was among the courageous Danish fisherman to ferry war refugees to safety.

Audience Award, Berkshire Jewish Film Festival 2017