Danish journalist Rikke Lyngvig is taken hostage in Afghanistan by a terror group. With help from one of the terrorists, the young Nazir, Rikke manages to escape. On her return, she is soon declared the Danish Jessica Lynch and her career is launched into the spotlight. All the while Nazir flees from Afghanistan, heading for Denmark. When he finally seeks out Rikke, she is shocked and torn. Is she willing to help the man who threatened to kill her, and to jeopardize her new-found career? Their tumultuous encounter turns into an ill-fated confrontation with their own demons and a nation driven by a hunger for sensation and political populism.
Community
Vote on scenes, quotes, and characters for The Escape (2009).
The moment that still lives in your head.
Starters for The Escape
Your take
Rate this title
Tap half or full stars · 0.5–10 scale
Be the first Cinemoood rating
Open communitySign in to save your rating.
None yet
See all
Iben Hjejle
Rikke Lyngvig
Faegh Zamani
Nazir Osmani
Lars Mikkelsen
Thomas Jargil
Sonja Richter
Sara Jargil
Mikael Birkkjær
Claes Kielland
Henrik Prip
Arne Hansen
Toke Græsborg
Ægge
Rafi Bayan
Ali
Mehrdad Zamani
Ibrahim
Søren Spanning
Jesper Bech
Vibeke Hastrup
Hanne Hvidtfeldt
Søren Sætter-Lassen
Steffensen
Mads Nørby
Peder Bondemand
Wagma Dicent
Roya
Sarah Boberg
Læge
Kathrine Windfeld
Director
Rasmus Heisterberg
Screenplay
Mette Heeno
Screenplay
Olav Hergel
Novel
Bo Ehrhardt
Executive Producer
Birgitte Hald
Executive Producer
Morten Kaufmann
Producer
Jonas Alarik
Director of Photography
Jean-Paul Wall
Original Music Composer
Sofia Lindgren
Editor
Louize Nissen
Costume Design
Catharina Nyqvist Ehrnrooth
Production Design
