We Shall Overcome (film)

We Shall Overcome
Film release poster
Drømmen
Directed byNiels Arden Oplev
Screenplay by
  • Niels Arden Oplev
  • Steen Bille
Produced bySisse Graum Jørgensen
Starring
CinematographyLars Vestergaard
Edited bySøren B. Ebbe
Music byJacob Groth
Production
company
Zentropa Entertainments11
Distributed byNordisk Film Biografdistribution
Release date
  • 24 March 2006 (2006-03-24) (Denmark)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

Drømmen (Danish "The Dream", English: We Shall Overcome) is a 2006 Danish film based on a true story about a young boy's crusade against a dictatorial headmaster of the "old school", in 1969 Denmark.

The film is directed by Danish screenwriter and film director Niels Arden Oplev and stars Bent Mejding and Anders W. Berthelsen.[1] It won sixteen awards in 2006 and 2007.