---
title: 'Daniel (2019)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Niels Arden Oplev'
released: '2019-08-29'
runtime_minutes: 139
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Denmark'
  - 'Sweden'
  - 'Norway'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/daniel-2019'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9179230/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Daniel (2019)

2019 · 139 min · Drama, History · Denmark, Sweden, Norway

Original title: Ser du månen, Daniel

## Synopsis

Daniel, also marketed as Held for Ransom, is a 2019 Danish biographical film directed by Niels Arden Oplev, and based on a book by Puk Damsgård. It recalls the experiences of Daniel Rye who was held hostage by ISIS for 13 months.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Niels Arden Oplev](https://cinepixo.com/people/niels-arden-oplev)
- **Screenplay:** [Anders Thomas Jensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/anders-thomas-jensen)
- **Producer:** [Morten Kaufmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/morten-kaufmann), [Signe Jensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/signe-jensen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Eric Kress](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-kress)
- **Editor:** [Anne Østerud](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-sterud), [Lars Therkelsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-therkelsen)

## Cast

- [Thomas Biehl](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-biehl) as Coach
- [Mathieu Busson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathieu-busson) as Luis
- [Illyès Salah](https://cinepixo.com/people/illyes-salah) as Ayoub
- [Sara Hjort Ditlevsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-hjort-ditlevsen) as Signe
- [Fady Elsayed](https://cinepixo.com/people/fady-elsayed) as George
- [Samuel Brafman-Moutier](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-brafman-moutier) as Jeremy
- [Rafael Pettersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/rafael-pettersson) as Wojceik
- [Ardalan Esmaili](https://cinepixo.com/people/ardalan-esmaili) as Majeed
- [Margareta Olsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/margareta-olsson) as Grammy
- [Susan Olsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-olsen-2) as Hanne
- [Henrik Birch](https://cinepixo.com/people/henrik-birch) as Henning
- [Is'haq Elias](https://cinepixo.com/people/is-haq-elias) as Ahmad
- [Lars Lohmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-lohmann) as Elderly man
- [Rolf Holmgren](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-holmgren) as Foley's father
- [Toby Kebbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-kebbell) as James Foley

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