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.
as Erna Jensen
as Feldwebel Meier
as Anton Seiersen
as Julius Rasmussen
as Max Petersen
as Kalle Jensen
as Mathias Hansen
as Christian Poulsen
as Fritz Müller
as French Camp Commander
as Train Conductor
as German Interpreter
as Whispering Soldier
as Older Woman Bramstrup
as Retiring Feldwebel
as Lieutenant Colonel
as Retiring Feldwebel (voice)
as Lieutenant Colonel (voice)
as German Soldier (uncredited)
