On the eve of June 28th, 2011 Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson put everything at stake by illegally crossing the border from Somalia into Ethiopia. After months of research, planning and failed attempts, they were finally on their way to report on how the ruthless hunt for oil effected the population of the isolated and conflict-ridden Ogaden region. Five days later they lay wounded in the desert sand, shot and captured by the Ethiopian army. But when their initial reportage died, another story began. A story about lawlessness, propaganda and global politics. After a Kafkaesque trial they were sentenced to eleven years in prison for terrorism. And they were far from alone. Their cellmates were journalists, writers and politicians persecuted for not bowing down to dictatorship. Their reportage about oil was transformed into a story about ink, and their daily lives turned into a fight for survival inside the notorious Kality prison in Addis Ababa.
Unfortunately the movie 438 Days is not yet available on HBO Max.
Editing | Hanna Lejonqvist | Editor |
Directing | Jesper Ganslandt | Director |
Writing | Peter Birro | Writer |
Writing | Martin Schibbye | Book |
Writing | Johan Persson | Book |
Production | Sandra Harms | Producer |
Production | Karl Fredrik Ulfung | Producer |
Camera | Sophia Olsson | Director of Photography |
Production | Bonnie Lee Bouman | Casting |
Production | Mito Skellern | Casting |
Production | Sara Törnkvist | Casting |
Art | Fred Du Preez | Production Design |
Art | Louise Drake af Hagelsrum | Art Direction |
Art | Louise Drake af Hagelsrum | Set Decoration |
Art | Daniéla Frykstrand | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Clinton Booyse | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Evelyn Gambe | Makeup Designer |
Costume & Make-Up | Plaxedes Kelias | Assistant Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Michaela Young | Key Makeup Artist |
Production | Lathiem Groenmeyer | Production Manager |
Production | Marlow De Mardt | Producer |
Production | Brigid Olen | Producer |
Production | Jonas Allen | Executive Producer |
Production | Peter Bose | Executive Producer |
Production | Anna Walton | Line Producer |
Production | Tobias Åström | Line Producer |
Sound | Greg Albert | Sound Mixer |
Sound | Innes Botha | Boom Operator |
Sound | Fredrik Dalenfjäll | Sound Designer |
Sound | Andreas Franck | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Sound | Andreas Mellkvist | Dialogue Editor |
Sound | Charl Mostert | ADR Recordist |
Sound | Lucas Nilsson | Foley Supervisor |
Editing | Nikolai Waldman | Colorist |
Editing | Melker Rydholm | Assistant Editor |