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Desperate Journey (2025)

Runtime: 108 min

Release date: 28/11/2025

Production countries: United Kingdom

Production companies: Emblem Pictures

Overview

The true story of Freddie Knoller, a young Jewish man who flees Vienna following the Nazi occupation in 1938 and finds solace in the vibrant world of Paris's burlesque scene.

Annabel Jankel

Director

Cast

Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen

as Freddie Knoller

Clara Rugaard

as Jaqueline

Fernando Guallar

as Christos

Til Schweiger

as Officer Kurt

Sienna Guillory

as Mrs. Knoller

Steven Berkoff

as Raphael

Hugo Speer

as Pierre

George Sear

as Eric

Barney Harris

as Yaakov

Niamh Cusack

as Yvette

Ed Stoppard

as Mr. Knoller

Nathaniel Parker

as Chef Bossard

Louis Ashbourne Serkis

as Karl

Richard Glover

as Josef Kieffer

Smadi Wolfman

as Mrs. Huberman

Kathleen Gati

as Miss Schiff

András Pál

as Herzgruber

Lukas Johne

as SS Officer Reinhardt

András Márton

as Elderly Man

Scott Alexander Young

as Hagman

Anders Grundberg

as Young Boy

Patrick Dauncey

as Drunk Frenchman

Tamás H. Varga

as Compere

Julian Krenn

as Hitler Youth

Charles Winkler

as Conductor

Péter Turi

as Cook

Aurel Klug

as Nazi Guard

Balázs Czukor

as Prisoner

Rudolf Molnár

as Nazi Officer

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