1918. World War I rages in Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary life at home in Bramstrup, with her simple-minded son, Kalle. One day the village constable comes to enlist Kalle for military service for the German Empire – of which Southern Jutland is a part. If Erna is to save Kalle from certain death, she must follow him through thick and thin. Upon a chance meeting with a deserting solder she trades identities. Now disguised as Private Julius Rasmussen, Erna heads for the front. In her encounters with the other soldiers and in the presence of the war, unknown sides of Erna are awoken. This is the story of a woman who won’t let a war prevent her from fighting for what she loves.
Trine Dyrholm
as Erna Jensen
Ulrich Thomsen
as Feldwebel Meier
Anders W. Berthelsen
as Anton Seiersen
Elias Munk
as Julius Rasmussen
Ari Alexander
as Max Petersen
Sylvester Byder
as Kalle Jensen
Emil Aron Dorph
as Mathias Hansen
Mads Landelund
as Christian Poulsen
Aksel Ojari
as Fritz Müller
Patrick Descamps
as French Camp Commander
Jørn Holstein
as Train Conductor
Hugo Henry
as German Interpreter
