🇩🇰 April 9th 2015 (BASED ON REAL HISTORICAL EVENTS, Eng sub)

Yes - the 2015 Danish film April 9th (original title: 9. april) is based on real historical events, though the main characters and specific scenes are dramatized for storytelling. Real History Behind the Film - April 9th is set during the German invasion of Denmark on 9 April 1940, when Nazi Germany launched Operation Weserübung and quickly overran Denmark. - The movie focuses on a Danish bicycle infantry and motorcycle unit in Southern Jutland ordered to delay the German advance in the crucial first hours of the invasion. This was a real historical occurrence: Denmark mobilized forces to resist, despite being vastly outnumbered and outgunned. Historical vs. Fictional Elements - The larger historical backdrop - Germany’s invasion on 9 April 1940 and Denmark’s brief military resistance - is true. - The central characters, such as Second Lieutenant Sand and his platoon, are fictional or fictionalized, created to tell the story through personal perspectives rather than portray documented individuals. - The screenplay was inspired by real eyewitness accounts, interviews with surviving veterans, and historical research, but events have been dramatized for cinematic effect.