{"id":24356,"date":"2026-02-09T10:11:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ole-bornedal-boards-the-sound\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T13:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:03:49","slug":"ole-bornedal-boards-the-sound-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ole-bornedal-boards-the-sound-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Bornedal Boards The Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Sound<\/em>, a series adaptation of Conny Palmkvist\u2019s WWII novel <em>The Elsinore Crossing<\/em>, has signed on filmmaker Ole Bornedal (<em>Nightwatch, The Possession, 1864<\/em>) to create and develop the script.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The Sound<\/em> is a story about ordinary people whose extraordinary bravery saved thousands of lives in one of history\u2019s most critical rescue operations,\u201d said Amy Gardner, founder and producer at Finite Films &amp; TV, producer of the series. \u201cConny Palmkvist\u2019s book reveals the quiet heroism and human cost behind this remarkable story, which we believe has profound contemporary resonance. It is the kind of character-driven storytelling that we at Finite are committed to bringing to the global screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The co-production from Finite Films &amp; TV and Shoni Productions will explore one of WWII\u2019s most daring civilian rescue missions. <em>The Sound<\/em>\u202ffollows journalist Neville Parker, who arrives in Helsing\u00f8r in 2010 to cover a forgotten 1964\u202fHamlet\u202fproduction at Kronborg Castle\u2014only to uncover the story of unknown 92-year-old Christian Larsen, a former policeman, whose diaries reveal his pivotal role in Denmark\u2019s extraordinary 1943 civilian rescue of\u202f 95 percent of its Jewish population by rowing them across to Sweden.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The Sound\u202f<\/em>embodies the moral courage and compassion story that defines our creative mission,\u201d said Dana\u202fH\u00f8egh,\u202ffounder and executive producer. \u201cWe\u2019re honored to bring this extraordinary story of resistance and action to the screen in collaboration with such distinguished partners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sound, a series adaptation of Conny Palmkvist\u2019s WWII novel The Elsinore Crossing, has signed on filmmaker Ole Bornedal (Nightwatch, The Possession, 1864) to create and develop the script.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7389,"featured_media":24355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[11043,11914,11040,11913,11912,11911],"class_list":["post-24356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-amy-gardner","tag-dana-hoegh","tag-finite-films-tv","tag-ole-borndel","tag-the-elsinore-crossing","tag-the-sound","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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