A whistleblower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.
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Peter Plaugborg | ... | Poul Brink |
| Søren Malling | ... | Marius Schmidt | |
| Arly Jover | ... | Estibaliz | |
| Thomas Bo Larsen | ... | Carl Dinesen | |
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Nikolaj Cederholm | ... | Pontoppidan - doctor |
| Henrik Birch | ... | Ole Damgaard | |
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Filippa Suenson | ... | Eva - journalist |
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Jesper Hyldegaard | ... | Lars Krogsgård |
| Claus Bue | ... | Per Strandgaard Jensen | |
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Kristoffer Fabricius | ... | Journalist |
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Anne-Vibeke Mogensen | ... | Radio receptionist |
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Christian Lund | ... | Radiotekniker |
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Hans Rønne | ... | Chauffer |
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Marianna Jankovic | ... | Sekretar |
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Michael Moritzen | ... | Direktor udensrigministeriet |
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A whistleblower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.
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In the 50s, Denmark made a decision about nuclear weapons. A decision with which we we all felt secure. Until a US B-52 crashed in Greenland carrying 4 nuclear bombs. 20 years went by before a journalist finally asked: What was that plane doing over Danish territory? See more »Genres:
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Yet again I am reminded of the power of cinema to entertain, educate and inform. Yes I know it's all manipulation and the real meaning is constructed in the edit room, but last night I saw a Danish film 'The Idealist' (2015) which was an expose of the conspiracies surrounding a nuclear disaster at the Thule airbase in Greenland during the Cold War, Greenland then being a colony of Denmark which the Americans wanted to buy. In 1968 a there was an American bomber plane crash carrying four nuclear war heads on the base, and during the clean up both Americans and Danes were infected by radioactivity. Throughout the film we followed the efforts of a whistle blower journalist Poul Brink in the 1980s to expose the accident, get survivors recognised for compensation and the then Prime Minister uncovered for the deal he'd secretly done with the Americans to allow nuclear weapons on the base at all. Original archive footage was seamlessly woven together with fictional dramatic performances. I was ashamed that yet again, this event had happened during my lifetime but I had been ignorantly unaware. in fact, I haven't felt so ashamed since watching 'Hotel Rwanda.' I was gripped by the performances and the unfolding of events. I came away better informed and impressed again by the intelligent medium of cinema to move and engage me.