KAPRINGEN / A HIJACKING

Friday – August 23rd, 2013
8:30 pm – Open Air Cinema

KAPRINGEN / A HIJACKING

Audience Award Gothenburg International Film Festival, Sweden

Ficition / Denmark 2012 / Dänish, English / English Subtitles / 99 min

Director & Writer: Tobias Lindholm
Producers: Tomas Radoor, René Ezra
Cinematographer: Magnus Nordenhof Jønck
Editor: Adam Nielsen
Composer: Hildur Gudnadottir
Sound Designer: Morten Green
Art Director: Thomas Greve
Costume Designer: Louise Hauberg
Line Producer: Maj-Britt Paulmann Dalsgaard
Executive Producers: Henrik Zein, Lena Haugaard, Thomas Heinesen
Cast: Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim, Roland Møller, Gary Skjoldmose Porter, Abdihakin Asgar, Amalie Alstrup, Amalie Vulff Andersen, Linda Laursen, Keith Pearson

The cargo ship MV Rozen is heading for harbour when it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. Among the men on board are the ship’s cook Mikkel, who along with the rest of the seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death. With the demand for a ransom of millions of dollars, a psychological drama unfolds between the CEO of the shipping company and the Somali pirates.
A HIJACKING is filmed under realistic conditions. The crew filmed in secret in pirate filled waters in the Indian Ocean on a freighter which itself had previously been hijacked and with a real professional negotiator in a central role.

Tobias Lindholm made his directorial debut with the tough prison drama R (co-directed with Michael Noer, 2010). As a scriptwriter Lindholm has worked with Thomas Vinterberg on the acclaimed drama SUBMARINO and THE HUNT (2012) with Mads Mikkelsen in the leading role.
German premiere

In case of rain the film will be screened in Filmrauschpalast.

Friday – August 23rd, 2013
8:30 pm – Open Air Cinema

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