Project Detail

The Exception

Synopsis

Holland 1940. The Nazis are rampaging through Europe. The British have retreated from Dunkirk. The last German Kaiser, now an old man, has been living in exile in a big old house in the Dutch countryside for 25 years, chopping logs and reading PG Wodehouse. Into this world comes a young German officer, sent to stop the old man from defecting to England. Add a beautiful and mysterious Dutch maid and a British spy and the stage is set for a gripping spy thriller and love story.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2016 - Special Presentations - World premiere

Details

Year: 2016
Type of film: Features
Running time: 107 mins
Format: Digital
Director: David Leveaux 1st Feature
Producer: Judy Tossell, Lou Pitt
Executive Producer: Philip H. Geier, Jr., Bill Haber, Bob Boyett, Eugene Beard, Claudia Bluemhuber, Ian Hutchinson, Florian Dargel, Irene Gall, Jens Meurer, Jim Seibel, Bill Johnson, Bastien Sirodot, Adrian Politowski, Gilles Waterkeyn, Christian Angermayer, Klemens Hallmann
Editor: Nicolas Gaster
Screenwriter: Simon Burke (screenplay), Alan Judd (novel)
Director of Photography: Roman Osin
Production Designer: Hubert Pouille
Sound: Henri Morelle
Music: Ilan Eshkeri
Principal cast: Lily James, Christopher Plummer, Jai Courtney, Janet McTeer, Ben Daniels, Eddie Marsan

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

An Egoli Tossell KLK (UK), Ostar Enterprises, Inc. (US) production in association with Alton Road Productions (US), Silver Reel Partners AG (CH), uMedia Production (BE), Film House Germany AG (DE), Screen Flanders (BE)

Egoli Tossell KLK Ltd

Judy Tossell
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London
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Sales Company

Lotus Entertainment

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