Facing the Truth
- Original title
- At kende sandheden
- Year
- 2002
- Running time
- 98 min.
- Country
- Denmark
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Jens Albinus
- William Rosenberg
- Lise Stegger
- Søren Østergaard
- Preben Harris
- Peter Schrøder
- Lasse Brovst Andersen
- Michael Asmussen
- Elin Reimer
- Anni Bjørn
- Ida Dwinger
- Waage Sandø
- Peter Hesse Overgaard
- Henrik Vestergaard Nielsen
- Thomas Biehl
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Medical. Based on a true story
- Synopsis
- In 1944 Nazi-occupied Denmark, surgeon Richard Malmros (Jens Albinus) performs a successful operation on a young boy, using the chemical Thorotrast for the X-ray procedure. Forty years later, the patient claims that the chemical was the cause of his cancer. The eldery Malmros and his son, Nils (Soren Ostergaard), investigate their case while a journalist starts up a scandal.
- Awards
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2003: Mar del Plata Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize & Special Mention2003: Robert Festival (Denmark): Best Director, Actor (Jens Albinus), Screenplay
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