Denmark, 1943. Along the fogbound coastlines of Nazi-occupied Europe, one boy's boat becomes a lifeline.
Fifteen-year-old Jakob Madsen wants only to finish the trawler his father left behind and protect what little remains of his family. But when word spreads of a Nazi plan to arrest and deport Denmark's Jewish population, Jakob is pulled into a resistance he never sought—and a choice that could cost him everything.
As neighbors disappear and danger seeps into every alley and harbor, a quiet network begins to rise: fishermen, farmers, teachers—ordinary people risking everything to ferry strangers across the Øresund Strait to neutral Sweden. Jakob becomes one of them. His boat, once meant for fish, now carries hope. And fear. And lives.
Each crossing draws him deeper into a world of coded signals, midnight escapes, and breathless silence beneath sweeping searchlights. Trust is fragile. Betrayal is fatal. And the line between bravery and breaking shimmers with every tide.
Inspired by true events, The Ferryman is a tribute to one of World War II's most remarkable rescue efforts—and to the quiet defiance of those who fought with oars instead of guns.
One boy. One boat. And the courage to be a hero on the tides of war.
