CONGO
Mordene I Kongo
SYNOPSIS
Spring 2009: the two Norwegian citizens Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland cross the border to Eastern Congo. Only few days later the news of the death of their driver spreads, and after several nights on the run in the vast Congolese jungle, the two men are caught and sentenced to death. In the following months, the events in the jungle turn into an unsolvable political and diplomatic crisis – known as the “Congo-case”. In the ensuing trial, French and Moland are sentenced to death for espionage and the murder of their driver. The Norwegian state is accused of sending Moland and French to Congo to spy on the Congolese state, which demands USD 500 million in compensation.
| DIRECTOR | Marius Holst |
| YEAR | 2018 |
| STATUS | completed |
| CAST | Aksel Hennie Tobias Santelmann Anthony Oseyemi Hakeem Kae-Kazi |
| CO PRODUCTION WITH | Friland Produksjon (Norway) in co-production with Pandora Film Produktion (Germany) Garagefilm International (Sweden) Nimbus (Denmark) and Film i Väst Nordisk Film in coopertion with ZDF/ Arte Trust Nordisk Do Productions TV2 DR SVT |
| SUPPORTED BY | Nordisk Filminstitutt Eurimages Nordisk Film og TV Fond Dansk Filminstitutt Svensk Filminstitutt Media Program of the European Union Department of Trade and Industry South Africa |
| WORLD SALES | TrustNordisk |
| GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR | Real Fiction Filmverleih |
| LENGTH | 128 min. |
| FORMAT | Colour 2K 1:1.85 5.1. sound |
| SHOOTING LOCATION | South Africa |
| ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | Norwegian |
| PRODUCERS | Christian Fredrik Martin &
Asle Vat (producers) Bo Ehrhardt Raimond Goebel Rebecka Lafrenz Mimmi Spång Tomas Eskilson (co-producers) Lone Korslund Rasmus Krogh Aksel Hennie (executive producers) Simon Ofenloch Stian Tveiten (associate producer) Marlow De Mardt (producer South Africa) |
| WRITERS | Stephen Uhlander based on a story by: Nikolaj Frobenius |
| CASTING | Bonnie Lee Bouman, Jannecke Bervell |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | John Andreas Anderson |
| PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT | Mouns Overgaard (line producer) |
| EDITING | Sverrir Kristjansson Vidar Flataukan Søren B. Ebbe Olivier Bugge Coutté |
| MUSIC | Johan Söderqvist Johannes Ringen |
| SOUND | Tormod Ringnes Niclas Skarp |
| ART DIRECTION | Mike Berg (production designer) |
| COSTUMES | Tracey Berg |
| MAKE UP HAIR | Bjørg Serup |
| SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE | n/s |
| DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE | n/s |
| LINKS | n/s |
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