Betrayed
“Separated by war. Driven by hope.”
During World War II, millions of Jews from all over Europe are deported and killed in German concentration camps. When the German troops invade Norway, the Norwegian Jews feel safe and protected. But anti-Semitism knows no borders and as the war escalates in Europe, the situation changes drastically. Suddenly, their radios are taken away; their passports are stamped with a big J and one day, all the men men over the age of 15 are arrested and taken to prisons camps. Many of the women left behind are too frightened to escape and are desperately waiting for their husbands and sons to come back home. On November 26, 1942, hundreds of Jews are picked up by the police in the middle of the night and are transported to the dock in Oslo. Unknowing and frightened men, women, children, sick and old are forced on board the awaiting German cargo ship "SS DONAU". The ship leaves with 532 Norwegian Jews onboard; 302 men, 188 women and 42 children. The end station is Auschwitz.
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Cast
21 people
Jakob Oftebro
Charles
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Silje Storstein
Helene Braude
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Carl Martin Eggesbø
Harry Braude
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Narvik
Michalis Koutsogiannakis
Benzel Braude
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Kristine Kujath Thorp
Ragnhild
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Anders Danielsen Lie
Knut Rød
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Nicolai Cleve Broch
Leirkommandant
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Pia Halvorsen
Sara Braude
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Eilif Hartwig
Isak Braude
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Premature
Axel Bøyum
Leirvakt
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Mads Ousdal
Karl Marthinsen
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Robert Skjærstad
Haakon Høst
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Eirik Svensson Director · Lars Gudmestad Writer Harald Rosenløw-Eeg Writer
Budget $5.6M · First release December 25, 2020 · Produced in Norway, Sweden
Box office
Budget
$5,600,000
Production
Fantefilm
Production
Film i Väst
Production
Norway · Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Den største forbrytelsen
Original language
Norwegian
Spoken on screen
German · Norwegian
Release dates
Norway · December 25, 2020
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
April 27, 2022 · Digital · VOD
Sweden
May 14, 2021 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 10, 2021 · Digital
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