Nelly & Nadine

Program:

Scandinavian Panorama

Year:

2022

Country:

Sweden, Belgium, Norway

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

92'

The unlikely love story between two women falling in love on Christmas Eve, 1944, in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Despite being separated in the last months of the war, Nelly and Nadine manage to later reunite and spend the rest of their life together. For many years their love story was kept a secret, even to some of their closest family. Now Nelly’s grandchild, Sylvie, has decided to open Nelly and Nadine’s unseen personal archives and uncover their remarkable story.

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Magnus Gertten

The director and producer was born in Limhamn, Sweden in 1953. He worked as a television and radio journalist for several years before turning to filmmaking in 1998. He has made a total of 15 documentaries for Swedish and international television, which have also been shown at festivals in over 60 countries and have received multiple awards. Gertten works as a director, producer, playwright and consultant for his production company Auto Images.

Filmography: Endast djävulen lever utan hopp (2020), Varje ansikte har ett namn (2015), Hoppets hamn (2011), Far till staden (2001), etc.

Creative team

Director

Magnus Gertten

Director of photography

Caroline Troedsson

Editing

Jesper Osmund, Phil Jandaly

Music

Marthe Belsvik Stavrum

Sound design

Are Åberg, Krister Johnson, Jørgen Meyer, Audun Røstad, Katarzyna Maria Wieczorek