Plot
Europe 1990, the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, now living in Norway since 20 years, is a war child: the result of a love relationship between a Norwegian woman and a German occupation soldier during World War II. Katrine enjoys a happy family life, with her mother, her husband, daughter and grand-daughter. But when a lawyer asks her and her mother to witness in a trial against the Norwegian state on behalf of the war children, she resists. Gradually, a web of concealment and secrets is unveiled, until Katrine is finally stripped of everything, and her loved ones are forced to take a stand: What carries more weight, the life they have lived together, or the lie it is based on?
Written by
Georg Maas, Christoph Tölle, Ståle Stein Berg
Directed by
Georg Maas, Judith Kaufmann
Crew
Production Countries
Norway, Germany
Production Companies
Helgeland Film, B&T Film, Zinnober Film- und Fernsehproduktion
Languages
Deutsch, Norsk
Awards
7 wins & 7 nominations