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Facing the Truth

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Original title

At kende sandheden

Year

2002

Running time

98 min.

Country

Denmark

Director

Nils Malmros

Screenwriter

Nils Malmros

Cast

Music

Gunner Møller Pedersen

Cinematography

Jan Weincke

Producer

BG Fonden, Den Vestdanske Filmpulje, Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film, TV2

Genre

Drama | Medical. Based on a true story

Synopsis

In 1944 Nazi-occupied Denmark, surgeon Richard Malmros (Jens Albinus) performs a successful operation on a young boy, using the chemical Thorotrast for the X-ray procedure. Forty years later, the patient claims that the chemical was the cause of his cancer. The eldery Malmros and his son, Nils (Soren Ostergaard), investigate their case while a journalist starts up a scandal.

Awards: 2003: Mar del Plata Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize & Special Mention

2003: Robert Festival (Denmark): Best Director, Actor (Jens Albinus), Screenplay

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Facing the Truth

2002

Nils Malmros

6.7

(48)