January 21st 1968 - An American B-52 bomber carrying nuclear warheads has just crashed on the polar ice near the US military Air Base in Danish controlled Thule, Greenland. A few days later, responsible governments classify the crash as a Broken Arrow scenario (nuclear accident) but proclaims the situation being under control. No cause for concern in relation to radioactive contamination or violation of foreign power's sovereignty, nuclear policy. Hundreds of Thule workers are set to work, helping in the gigantic cleanup operation. After eight months, all traces of the crashed aircraft and the plutonium-contaminated snow are gone. The case is closed. 18 years on, while covering a local workers compensation story, reporter Poul Brink, suddenly runs into suspicious circumstance linking back to the concealed 68' nuclear accident. Apparently the full and true story about the crash lays well-protected deep under the Thule Bay's ice cap and deep down the classified archives in the US. The ambitious reporter launces an uncompromising investigation. The deeper he goes the further he finds himself in the heart of an international cover-up so immense in size that it holds 2 nations across the Atlantic culpable. Soon those in charge are finding it hard to keep the truth about the tragic accident.
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- Original Title: Idealisten
- Genres: Thriller
- Production Year: 2015
- Country of Origin: Denmark, Denmark
- Language Spoken: Danish, English, Spanish, Greenlandic
- Duration: 114 min
- Shot On: ARRI Alexa Digital
- Screen Ratio: 1:1,85
- Format: DCP
- Domestic Release: April 9th 2015 (SF Film A/S)
- Director: Christina Rosendahl
- Cast: Peter Plaugborg, Søren Malling, Thomas Bo Larsen, Arly Jover, Tim Ahern, Jens Albinus, Barbara Barnes, Henrik Birch, Claus Bue, Nikolaj Cederholm, Hans Henrik Clemensen, Nikki Donley, Larry Jack Dotson, Ole Dupont, Peter Oliver Hansen
- Director of Photography: Laust Trier Mørk
- Film Editors: Janus Billeskov Jansen, Olivier Bugge Coutté, Molly Stensgaard
- Sound Editors: Peter Albrechtsen
- Script Writers: Simon Pasternak, Lars K. Andersen, Christina Rosendahl, Birgitte Stærmose
- Production Company: Toolbox Film ApS
- Producers: Jonas Frederiksen, Signe Leick Jensen
- Executive Producers: Morten Kaufmann, Signe Leick Jensen
- Financiers: The Danish Filminstitute, DR, Nftf, The Media Programme
Festivals
The Idealist at festivals
2016:Montefeltro Film School Festival, Italy
Beijing International Film Festival, China
Movies that Matter Film Festival, Netherlands
International Debut film festival "Spirit of Fire", Russia
Los Angeles Scandinavian Film Festival, USA
2015:
War on Screen International Film Festival, France
Day for Night Film Festival, UK
Torino International Film Festival, Italy
Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Germany
Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil
Mill Valley Film Festival, USA
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