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Simon & the Oaks
2011 6.5 (50 votes) 2h 2m
Genres
Drama History War
Production Companies
Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv

Simon & the Oaks (Simon och ekarna)

Every family has a secret.

Overview

Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from Germany. After WWII Simon travels to explore his roots - a journey that leads to the basic mysteries of the human life. After the bestselling novel by Marianne Fredriksson.

Key Crew

Producer: Sveinung Golimo, Leander Carell, Patrick Knippel, Jessica Ask, Marc-Daniel Dichant, Steffen Reuter, Michiel de Rooij, Christer Nilson, Per Holst

Director: Lisa Ohlin

Screenplay: Marnie Blok

Director of Photography: Dan Laustsen

Top Cast

Bill Skarsgård
Bill Skarsgård

Simon Larsson

Helen Sjöholm
Helen Sjöholm

Karin Larrson

Jan Josef Liefers
Jan Josef Liefers

Ruben Lentov

Katharina Schüttler
Katharina Schüttler

Iza

Stefan Gödicke
Stefan Gödicke

Erik Larsson

Jonatan S. Wächter

Young Simon

Karl Martin Eriksson

Young Isak

Karl Linnertorp

Isak Lentov

Videos

Simon and the Oaks (Simon och ekarna) Official Trailer #1 (2012) - Swedish Movie HD

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