A Day in October
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Kenneth Madsen
D.b. Sweeney
Kelly Wolf
Tovah Feldshuh
Daniel Benzali
Ole Lemmeke
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Romance set in Nazi-occupied Denmark in the early 1940s, between a Christian resistance fighter and a Jewish girl and one particular night in 1943, when the resistence helped 7,200 Danish Jews escape to Sweden.
Director
Kenneth Madsen
Cast
D.b. Sweeney
Kelly Wolf
Tovah Feldshuh
Daniel Benzali
Ole Lemmeke
Kim Romer
Anders Peter Bro
Lars Oluf Larsen
Morten Suurballe
Jens Arentzen
Lily Weiding
Arne Hansen
Jorgen Teytaud
Jorgen Bidstrup
Dale Lovett
Thomas Hogsbro
Anina Ritterband Rosenbaum
Benjamin Levy
Klaus Hjuler
Crew
Lars Kolding Andersen
Peter Baekkel
Just Betzer
Ted Blaisdell
Marie-louise Bordinggaard
Joan P Borsten
Jacob W Carlsen
Peter Christian
Per Danbo
Lotte Dandanell
Sanne Dandanell
Sanne Dandanell
Michael Dela
Katrine Fohrmann
Michael Frandsen
Stine Monty Freddie
Nic Gaster
Leo Goldberger
Adam Gorgoni
Pauline Griffiths
Marie Louise Hedegaard
Eric Heffron
Hummer Hojmark
Michael Hutchinson
Lene Irgens
Morten Jacobsen
Jan Michael Jensen
Ditte Kiel
Rolf Konow
Mikael Kristensen
Henning Kristiansen
Jimmy Leavens
Jens Lysdal
Michael Maersch
Kim Magnusson
Mark Mavrinac
Morton Neubert
Thomas Norrild
Lasse Spang Olsen
Allan Olsson
Torben Baekmark Pedersen
Else Prangsgaard
Philippe Rivier
Martin Saabye-andersen
Jens Schlosser
Linda Schubell
Pernille Siesbye
Eddie Simonsen
Damian F Slattery
Steffen Led Sorensen
Emil Sparre-ulrich
Stig Sparre-ulrich
Stig Sparre-ulrich
Ann Hage Thomsen
Stig Weiss
Sven Wichmann
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1991
Released in United States Fall October 28, 1992
Released in United States November 11, 1992
Released in United States October 1991
Released in United States on Video March 24, 1993
Shown at American Film Market (AFM) II in Santa Monica October 21-27, 1991.
Shown at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) (New Voices) September 24 - October 3, 1991.
Feature directorial debut for Kenneth Madsen.
Began shooting September 10, 1990.
Completed shooting November 3, 1990.
Due to a Danish rescue operation, a large percentage of Danish Jews survived the Holocaust.
The climax of "A Day in October" was filmed on the 47th anniversary of the night in 1943 when thousands of Jews made their escape to neutral Sweden.
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Independent Feature Film Market (IFFM) (New Voices) September 24 - October 3, 1991.)
Released in United States on Video March 24, 1993
Released in United States October 1991 (Shown at American Film Market (AFM) II in Santa Monica October 21-27, 1991.)
Released in United States Fall October 28, 1992
Released in United States November 11, 1992 (Los Angeles)
