438 Days (2019)
On the eve of June 28th, 2011 Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson put everything at stake by illegally crossing the border from Somalia into Ethiopia. After months of research, planning and failed attempts, they were finally on their way to report on how the ruthless hunt for oil effected the population of the isolated and conflict-ridden Ogaden region. Five days later they lay wounded in the desert sand, shot and captured by the Ethiopian army. But when their initial reportage died, another story began. A story about lawlessness, propaganda and global politics. After a Kafkaesque trial they were sentenced to eleven years in prison for terrorism. And they were far from alone. Their cellmates were journalists, writers and politicians persecuted for not bowing down to dictatorship. Their reportage about oil was transformed into a story about ink, and their daily lives turned into a fight for survival inside the notorious Kality prison in Addis Ababa.
Director: Jesper Ganslandt
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Gustaf Skarsgård as Martin Schibbye |
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Matias Varela as Johan Persson |
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Faysal Ahmed as Abdullahi Hussein |
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Nathaniel Ramabulana as Werar |
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Fredrik Evers as Jens Odlander |
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Josefin Neldén as Linnéa Schibbye |
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Philip Zandén as Carl Bildt |
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Jesper Ganslandt as Fredrik Spik |
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Sivuyile Ngesi as Chala |
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Samuel Mtoti as Dany |
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Gunilla Johansson as Kickan Persson |
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Frederik Nilsson as Kjell Persson |
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Lena B. Nilsson as Karin Schibbye |
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Graham Clarke as Bruno |
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Stephen Jennings as Steven Irving |
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Fredrik Skavlan as Skavlan |
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Farouk Valley-Omar as Chief Prosecutor |
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Mohamed Kalif Barre as Mohammed |
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Pär Luttropp as TV Journalist |
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Tobias Åström as Swedish Ex-Ambassador |
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Åsa Janson as Newscaster |
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Sidow Farah Abdi as ONLF representative |
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Paul Savage as Judge #1 |
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Abdi Delgo as Ali |
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Amina Mohamed Omar as Sara |
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Armaan Haggio as Abdirisaq |
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Magnus Sundberg as Reporter #3 |
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Minky Ndlovu as Asad |
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Zwelakhe Moni as Government Official |
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Mohamed Mohamud Hossein as Soldier #2 |
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Kristian Erskog as Reporter #1 |
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Elisabeth Walleby as Reporter #2 |
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Amin Mohamed Osmaan as Amadi's Father |
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Richard September as Ethiopian Journalist |
| Editing | Hanna Lejonqvist | Editor |
| Directing | Jesper Ganslandt | Director |
| Production | Mito Skellern | Casting |
| Sound | Andreas Mellkvist | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Louise Drake af Hagelsrum | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Plaxedes Kelias | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Innes Botha | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Fredrik Dalenfjäll | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Charl Mostert | ADR Recordist |
| Writing | Martin Schibbye | Book |
| Camera | Sophia Olsson | Director of Photography |
| Production | Lathiem Groenmeyer | Production Manager |
| Production | Anna Walton | Line Producer |
| Editing | Melker Rydholm | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Sandra Harms | Producer |
| Editing | Nikolai Waldman | Colorist |
| Writing | Peter Birro | Writer |
| Art | Fred Du Preez | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michaela Young | Key Makeup Artist |
| Production | Tobias Åström | Line Producer |
| Sound | Greg Albert | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clinton Booyse | Costume Design |
| Production | Brigid Olen | Producer |
| Production | Marlow De Mardt | Producer |
| Sound | Andreas Franck | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Bonnie Lee Bouman | Casting |
| Writing | Johan Persson | Book |
| Costume & Make-Up | Evelyn Gambe | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Jonas Allen | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Bose | Executive Producer |
| Production | Karl Fredrik Ulfung | Producer |
| Production | Sara Törnkvist | Casting |
| Art | Louise Drake af Hagelsrum | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Lucas Nilsson | Foley Supervisor |
| Art | Daniéla Frykstrand | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Jon Ekstrand | Original Music Composer |