The Shadow in My Eye

Original title: Skyggen i mit øje

2021
TV-MA
1h 47m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

17K

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Tragedy Drama History War

The fates of several Copenhagen residents collide when a WWII bombing mission accidentally targets a school full of children.The fates of several Copenhagen residents collide when a WWII bombing mission accidentally targets a school full of children.The fates of several Copenhagen residents collide when a WWII bombing mission accidentally targets a school full of children.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

17K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 13 nominations

Trivia
The taxi uses wood gasification as a fuel source. This was a widespread practice during WWII when petrol was scarce. The hissing drum at the back of the taxi is the gasifier unit.

Goofs
At the end, when leaving the Theatre to check to see if Eva is home, the mother leaves Right out of the theatre door, turns right, so is then BEHIND the theatre--instead of just going left, but then makes FOUR MORE RIGHTS which would have her going in the opposite direction, looping over where she was and back past the school, in a circle. Really weird choice of making her turn that way 5 times, instead of just showing some of that anxious run home and editing out the turns.

Quotes
Reggie: The other day I was invited to my sister's school to tell them about our squadron. So I told'em, 'One day, on a mission, out of a cloud, this fucker appears.' The kids start giggling. I say, 'We shoot one of 'em down, but all of a sudden, the fucker appears from behind us, right?' Now, the kids start really laughing. All of the sudden the teacher angrily interrupts me, goes: 'I think I should make it clear that Fokker is the name of a German aircraft.' Then I go, 'Yeah that's true, that's true. But these fuckers were Messerschmitts.'

Connections
Featured in Dansk films bedste: Krig, Klasselærere og Kammerater (2022)

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Featured review

8/10

One of the saddest tales WW2

I've never really understood the term friendly fire, it's a term used in the war time when a Allied troops or planes accidentally kills or Injures troops or civilians of an allied country. There really is nothing friendly about this especially when it came to the 86 children killed during the bombing raid on the Copenhagen Gestapo offices in 1945. You can't help but feel this was something that should never have happened with experienced crew as the war reached its conclusion, especially as it was a daytime raid.

I was aware of the story but as it brought to life in this heartbreaking film really brings home the true pointlessness of war. Have we learnt from this? I write this piece whilst the current war is taking place in the Ukraine and hundreds of civilians are being murdered by Russian cruise missiles. This mission whilst achieving its main objective of destroying the Gestapo headquarters the deaths of those innocent children make it one of the lowest points in the history of the RAF.