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Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Clara Rugaard, Til Schweiger Lead WWII Thriller ‘Desperate Journey,’ Written by ‘Il Postino’ Director Michael Radford (EXCLUSIVE)

Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Clara Rugaard and Til Schweiger lead 'Desperate Journey,' a WWII thriller written by 'Il Postino's' Michael Radford.

Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (“1899, “Borgen”), Clara Rugaard (“Verona,” “I Am Mother”) and Til Schweiger(“The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” “Inglourious Basterds”) lead the international cast of “Desperate Journey,” a newly-announced thriller set in the burlesque world of 1940s Paris. Produced by Warren Derosa and Zsofi Kendel, “Desperate Journey” is based on the true story of Freddie Knoller (played by Tønnesen), a young man forced to flee Vienna as Nazi hysteria takes hold. Rounding out the supporting cast of the film are Sienna Guillory(“Meg 2: The Trench,” “Clifford the Big Red Dog”), StevenBerkoff (“Octopussy,” A Clockwork Orange”), Fernando Guallar (“Love Divided”), Hugo Spears (“The Full Monty”), George Sear (“Love Victor”), Barney Harris (“The Wheel of Time”), Niamh Cusack (“Macbeth,” “In the Land of Saints and Sinners”), Ed Stoppard (“The Pianist,” “Golda”) Nathaniel Parker (“The Last Duel”) and Louis Ashbourne Serkis (“The Kid Who Would Be King,” “Allelujah”).

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