ELSA
A FILM INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS
In 1940, Nazi forces invaded Norway, a neutral country.
Between 30 000 and 120 000 Norwegian women are thought to have had intimiate relationships with German soliders.
They were later branded 'Tyskertøser' or 'German Whores'. Their citizenship was removed and they were send to prison camps across Norway.
Upon their release, many were expelled from their country with their children.
ONE OF THESE WOMEN COULD HAVE BEEN
ELSA.
TEAM
Nina Yndis
ACTRESS & PRODUCER
LIZZIE NUNNERY
WRITER
REBECCA KING
DIRECTOR
VICTORIA FäH
PRODUCER
LAUREN TAYlor
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
ADAM SINGODIA
CINEMATOGRAPHER
CAST
Nina Yndis
Elsa
LARS BERGE
KRISTIAN
Gunnar
Jonas Strand Gravli
Lars Berge is a Norwegian stage and screen actor and in 2014 Lars was the first Norwegian to graduate from The Juilliard School in New York.
Lars is a regular on the Norwegian crime drama series ‘Wisting’ and played the title character in “Cherry Pop” (winner of Best film at London IFF 2017)
Mother
Ánne Mággá Wigelius
Nina Yndis works in film across borders with Norway and the UK as an actor and producer. She has a Polish mother and Norwegian father.
Nina’s selected credits include ‘Peaky Blinders’, starring alongside Anna Friel in ‘The Box’ and recently featured with Russel Tovey in futuristic thriller series ‘The Fortress’
Boy
Chris Stanchev
Jonas Strand Gravli is a Norwegian actor and portrays Laurits Seier and Loki on Netflix’s Original Series Ragnarok.
He played Viljar Hanssen in ‘22 July’, a film about Breivik’s devastating attack that killed 77 in Norway’s deadliest terror incident since World War II. Directed by Oscar nominee Paul Greengrass
German soldier
Nicklas Kingo
Ánne Mággá Wigelius is a Norwegian & Sami stage and screen actress, writer and director. She graduated from HINT in Verdalen with a bachelor in acting.
She recently starred in Disney + series To Cook a Bear, the TV series Husky and Sami feature film Biruunjárga.
Chris is a 10-year old billingual actor and voiceover artist from London with Bulgarian heritage.
He began his journey in entertainment as a child model, featured in a Farfetch commercial photoshoot. Elsa is Chris’s debut film and he absolutely smashed it!
Nicklas Kingo is a Danish-Australian actor and writer. He’s appeared in shows for Netflix, CBS and Danish TV2 and is the voice of Aksel in “Call of Duty”.
Nicklas can be seen in two German features this year, “Der Flensburg-Krimi: Wechselspiele” and “Kolibri” coming out later in 2024. He’s currently studying Writing and Producing Comedy at NFTS.
HELP FUND ELSA
If you've come across this link, it's because we have faith in your ability to make a meaningful contribution to the development and realisation of this film. Whether your support is financial or in the form of valuable information, the entire Elsa team is deeply appreciative of any assistance you can provide.
Any funds will be used to submit our film to festivals around the world, as well as executing our marketing strategy. We aim to ensure that this story reaches a global audience, enabling us to share the inspiring narrative of these remarkable women.
Our mission is to pay tribute to women like Elsa and ensure that their stories are never forgotten.
victoria@elsashortfilm.com
CONTACT THE TEAM
Nina@elsashortfilm.com