Beyond the Border

Beyond the Border

The Mission is a Man

2011 · 122 min · ★ 6.0 · Action, Drama, War

December 1942. Two young soldiers leave their posts at checkpoint 83 in North Värmland, Sweden and make their way through the ice cold winter night towards the Nazi-occupied Norwegian border. Sweden stands on the brink of invasion and they want to see the enemy everybody's talking about. But the adventure ends in disaster and soon thereafter Lieutenant Aron Stenström finds out that his brother Sven is one of the missing soldiers. With the odds stacked against him he is forced to go behind enemy lines on a secret rescue mission. Deep inside the Norwegian forests Aron realizes that a completely different kind of line must be crossed if they're to come out alive.

Directed by Richard Holm · Written by André Sjöberg

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André Sjöberg Aron Stenström
Bjørn Sundquist Egil
Johan Hedenberg Major Adolfsson
Marie Robertson Karin Lindström
Martin Wallström Sven Stenström
Rasmus Troedsson Captain Keller
Henrik Norlén Wicksell
Jonas Karlström Bergström
Robert Follin Uno Larsson
Jens Hultén Hagman
Fredrik Nilsson German Radio Operator
Tind Soneby Lotta

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