438 DAYS

438 DAYS

438 DAGAR

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. They wanted 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.

Fact Sheet

TITLE
438 Days

ORIGINAL TITLE
438 Dagar

LANGUAGE
Swedish

FORMAT
Feature Film

PREMIERE
September 2019

GENRE
Drama

PRODUCED BY
Miso Film Sweden

IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH
SVT and Film i Väst

IN COOPERATION WITH
DO Productions, South Africa

INTERNATIONAL SALES
SF Studios

Main Cast

MARTIN
Gustaf Skarsgård

JOHAN
Matias Varela

Main Crew

DIRECTOR
Jesper Ganslandt

WRITER
Peter Birro

PRODUCERS
Sandra Harms & Karl Fredrik Ulfung

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Peter Bose & Jonas Allen

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Sophia Olsson

PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Fred du Preez

COSTUME DESIGNER
Clinton Booyse

MAKEUP DESIGNER
Evelyn Gambe

EDITOR
Hanna Lejonqvist

SOUND DESIGNERS
Andreas Franck & Fredrik Dalenfjäll

COMPOSER
Jon Ekstrand

STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
Charlie Sperring

THE COMPANY

Miso Film was founded in 2004 by the producer team Jonas Allen and Peter Bose, who started their collaboration on the Swedish thriller and crime series BECK and WALLANDER. The company is behind and most known for the Danish TV-series THOSE WHO KILL, three seasons of TV 2’s DICTE, Ole Bornedal’s war epic 1864 and latest Christoffer Boe’s highly acclaimed WARRIOR and the popular Viaplay original DARKNESS – THOSE WHO KILL, a reboot of the successful series. Miso Film is also located in Norway, where they have produced the film series VARG VEUM as well as the TV-series AQUITTED, and two seasons of MODUS in Sweden, a TV-series based on Anne Holts crime novels.

On the big screen Miso Film has featured with the thriller success THE CANDIDATE as well as co-produced the Norwegian World War II resistance drama MAX MANUS. Furthermore, the company is behind the Danish comedies LONG STORY SHORT and HEAVY LOAD, the family film franchise IQBAL FAROOQ based on Manu Sareen’s childrens books and latest Ole Bornedal’s box-office hits SMALL TOWN KILLERS and THE WAY TO MANDALAY. The company is behind Scandinavia’s first original Netflix series THE RAIN and is currently producing the second season of the popular young adult series. Additionally, the company is finishing Christoffer Boe’s highly anticipated crime series FACE TO FACE, which is set to premiere on Viaplay in the fall of 2019.