438 Days

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Gustaf Skarsgård

Martin Schibbye

Age : 43 | Popularity : 29%

Matias Varela

Johan Persson

Age : 43 | Popularity : 13%

Fredrik Evers

Jens Odlander

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Josefin Neldén

Linnéa Schibbye

Age : 39 | Popularity : 3%

Philip Zandén

Carl Bildt

Age : 69 | Popularity : 6%

Faysal Ahmed

Abdullahi Hussein

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Jesper Ganslandt

Fredrik Spik

Age : 45 | Popularity : 3%

Mohamed Kalif Barre

Mohammed

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Art	Production Design	Fred Du Preez
	Art Direction	Louise Drake af Hagelsrum
	Set Decoration	Louise Drake af Hagelsrum Daniéla Frykstrand
Production	Executive Producer	Jonas Allen Peter Bose
	Producer	Brigid Olen Marlow De Mardt Karl Fredrik Ulfung Sandra Harms
	Casting	Sara Törnkvist Bonnie Lee Bouman Mito Skellern
	Line Producer	Tobias Åström Anna Walton
	Production Manager	Lathiem Groenmeyer
Writing	Writer	Peter Birro
	Book	Johan Persson Martin Schibbye
Directing	Director	Jesper Ganslandt
Camera	Director of Photography	Sophia Olsson
Editing	Editor	Hanna Lejonqvist
	Colorist	Nikolai Waldman
	Assistant Editor	Melker Rydholm
Sound	Sound Designer	Fredrik Dalenfjäll
	Foley Supervisor	Lucas Nilsson
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Andreas Franck
	Sound Mixer	Greg Albert
	Boom Operator	Innes Botha
	ADR Recordist	Charl Mostert
	Dialogue Editor	Andreas Mellkvist
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Designer	Evelyn Gambe
	Costume Design	Clinton Booyse
	Assistant Makeup Artist	Plaxedes Kelias
	Key Makeup Artist	Michaela Young
Department	Role	Name

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