We Shall Overcome
Film release poster
Drømmen
Directed byNiels Arden Oplev
Screenplay by
  • Niels Arden Oplev
  • Steen Bille
Produced bySisse Graum Jørgensen
Starring
CinematographyLars Vestergaard
Edited bySøren B. Ebbe
Music byJacob Groth
Production
company
Zentropa Entertainments11
Distributed byNordisk Film Biografdistribution
Release date
  • 24 March 2006 (2006-03-24) (Denmark)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

Drømmen (Danish "The Dream", English: We Shall Overcome) is a 2006 Danish film based on a true story about a young boy's crusade against a dictatorial headmaster of the "old school", in 1969 Denmark.

The film is directed by Danish screenwriter and film director Niels Arden Oplev and stars Bent Mejding and Anders W. Berthelsen.[1] It won sixteen awards in 2006 and 2007.

Synopsis

The story opens in the Danish countryside of 1969.[2] Denmark and the rest of the world are changing rapidly but Lindum-Svendsen, the headmaster of the rural school, hasn't noticed.

Frits is a young boy who spends his summer holidays watching the family's first television, and is influenced by the American civil rights movement.[3] The sermons and speeches of Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated in 1968, coupled with his own dreams of a better life, have given Frits courage and a desire for rebellion.[4] The dictatorial Lindum-Svendsen steps over the line while punishing Frits, drawing the ire of youthful new teacher Freddie Svale, which encourages Frits to take up battle against the headmaster.[5]

Cast

  • Bent Mejding as headmaster Lindum-Svendsen
  • Janus Dissing Rathke as Frits Johansen
  • Anders W. Berthelsen as Freddie Svale
  • Jens Jørn Spottag as Peder, Frits' father
  • Peter Hesse Overgaard as Erling
  • Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis as Stine, Frits' mother
  • Gyrd Løfqvist as Frits' grandfather
  • Elin Reimer as Frits' grandmother
  • Steen Stig Lommer as teacher Olsen
  • Kurt Ravn as school doctor
  • Peter Schrøder as sexton
  • Sarah Juel Werner as Iben
  • Daniel Ørum as Troels
  • Lasse Borg as Søren
  • Joy-Maria Frederiksen as Iben's mother

Accolades

The film has won sixteen awards in 2006 and 2007.[6]

OrganizationCategoryRecipient(s) and nominee(s)Result
Berlin International Film FestivalCrystal Bear – Best Feature FilmNiels Arden OplevWon
Bodil AwardsBest Supporting ActorBent MejdingWon
Best ActorJanus Dissing RathkeNominated
Best FilmNiels Arden OplevNominated
Best Supporting ActorJens Jørn SpottagNominated
Carrousel international du film de RimouskiCamério – Best ActorJanus Dissing RathkeWon
Camério – Best FilmNiels Arden OplevWon
Chicago International Children's Film FestivalChildren's Jury Award – Live-Action Feature Film or VideoNiels Arden OplevWon
Adult's Jury Award – Live-Action Feature Film or VideoNiels Arden OplevWon 2nd place
Cinekid FestivalCinekid Film AwardNiels Arden OplevWon
Robert AwardsBest Costume DesignManon RasmussenWon
Best DirectorNiels Arden OplevWon
Best EditorSøren B. EbbeWon
Best FilmNiels Arden Oplev (director)
Sisse Graum Jørgensen (producer)		Won
Best Screenplay, OriginalNiels Arden Oplev
Steen Bille		Won
Best Supporting ActorBent MejdingWon
Best ActorJanus Dissing RathkeNominated
Best ActressAnne-Grethe Bjarup RiisNominated
Best CinematographyLars VestergaardNominated
Best Make-UpKirsten Zäschke
Suzanne Jansen		Nominated
Best Original ScoreJacob GrothNominated
Best Production DesignSøren SkjærNominated
Best SoundPeter SchultzNominated
Best Special Effects/LightingMorten Jacobsen
Hans Peter Ludvigsen		Nominated
Best Supporting ActorAnders W. BerthelsenNominated
Best Supporting ActressSarah Juel WernerNominated
Zlín Film FestivalAudience Award – Best Feature FilmNiels Arden OplevWon
Don Quixote AwardNiels Arden OplevWon
Golden Slipper – Best Feature Film for YouthNiels Arden OplevWon

References

  1. ↑ We Shall Overcome at AllMovie
  2. ↑ "Festival 2015 | SIFF". Archived from the original on 2015-06-11. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  3. ↑ Drømmen (We Shall Overcome) at Rotten Tomatoes
  4. ↑ "We Shall Overcome". Independent Cinema Office. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  5. ↑ "Drømmen". Dfi.dk. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
  6. ↑ Awards for We Shall Overcome at IMDb
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