Danica Curcic absolutely inhabits her role as Miriam, a determined and capable Jewish mother whose Copenhagen family is forced to flee the Nazi wave rolling through Denmark. Miriam and her jazz musician husband Arne (David Dencik) are given advanced warning (very slight) that the Germans have reneged on their promise of not interfering with Denmark's affairs, but she is dismissed Arne and his friends for worrying too much.
Arne, her husband, for much of the movie seems like a decent man if a little flaky. The type of artist or musician who in ordinary times ends up being behind on the bills or neglects the practical aspects of life. In this case, an expensive instrument well beyond their means nearly prove fatal to them all.
The "setup" is that they barely escape Copenhagen and make a desperate run for a small coastal fishing town, hoping to get across the water to Sweden. Not a lot different than the soldiers trying to get out of Dunkirk in certain respects, though these are just ordinary people.
In between they meet more kindness than not, though it only takes a little bit of evil and a little bit of cowardice to change everything. The other actors feel genuine and are well cast, and the locations and cinematography is equally up to the task.
Streaming Quality: This has nothing to do with the "movie" per se, but the streaming quality is unfortunately not great, with several scenes being very dark and blocky from poor compression. It'd be much better to see the movie on Blu-ray, but for now it seems unavailable.
