ATTACKED - The Copenhagen Shootings

Director:  Nils Giversen

Five years ago, Denmark was hit by terrorism when 22-year-old Omar el-Hussein attacked the Krudttønden community center and Copenhagen's synagogue, and killed two people. The Danes were shaken and the country changed. What made a human being commit an inhuman act? Could the tragedy have been avoided? Questions that the survivors are grappling with. In the film, we time meet the many people who best knew Omar el-Hussein, and with new witnesses, confidential documents, police photographs and video surveillance footage, the film shows the harrowing course of events that led to the attack and sheds a new light on a dark chapter of Denmark's history.

PRODUCTION FACTS

Duration: 2 x 59 min
Release: March 2nd 2020
Language: Danish

Director: Nils Giversen
Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen
Co-director: Rasmus Kloster Bro, Andreas Koefoed
Editor: David Rosenquist, Biel Andres
Sound Designer: Peter Schultz
Sound recordists: Duran Leonard Darkins, Martin Sperlig, Kim  Dalum, Frank Mølgaard Knudsen, Lars Gonzales
Composer: Flemming Nordkrog
Cinematography: Mathias Døcker Petersen, Adam Jandrup, Martin Munch, Baltazar Hertel, Mads Hoppe Jørgensen, Peter Mühlhausen
Colourgrader: Anders V. Christensen 
Graphic Designer: Anders Huulgaard
Line producers: Rikke Agerbæk, Maria Kristensen
Production Manager: Esther Nissen, Sidsel Filipsen, Kasper Schultz
Postproducer: Francesc Sitges-Sardà

The film was produced in collaboration with Danmarks Radio through editor Anders Thomsen, SVT, NRK and RTS. It is supported by the Danish Film Institute through film consultant Anders Riise-Hansen, Nordvision, Nordisk Film and TV Fond and the EU's Media program Creative Europe.