Overview
Set in the blooming 1960s, the film centres on two young brothers who are instantly robbed of their lives when they are placed in a boy's home forgotten by time. Armed only with a vivid imagination and a fickle hope, the boys engage in the frightening battle against Headmaster Heck and his lethal tyranny. The film is based on actual events.
Cast
- Lars Mikkelsen as Forstander Frederik Heck
- Sofie Gråbøl as Lærer Lilian Hammershøj
- Harald Kaiser Hermann as Elmer
- Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt as Erik
- Lars Ranthe as Overlærer Toft Lassen
- Søren Sætter-Lassen as Lærer Aksel
- Solbjørg Højfeldt as Fru Oskarson
- Sonja Richter as Moren
- David Dencik as Inspektør Hartmann
- Paw Henriksen as Onkel