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Filmmaker discusses new movie about local missionary who led evacuation out of Nazi Germany
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IDAHO FALLS – Telling true stories has become a hallmark of T.C. Christensen’s film career and his latest project certainly fits that description.
The 71-year-old Utah man is the director of titles like “The Cokeville Miracle,” “17 Miracles,” and “The Fighting Preacher.” His latest movie, “Escape from Germany,” is set in 1939 and tells the story of a young missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who’s tasked with getting his associates out of the Nazi-occupied country before World War II breaks out.
“We’ve been informed by our church president that in three days the German army will invade Poland,” an actor portraying one of the missionaries says to a member of the U.S. embassy in the film’s trailer.
“Our military has no such knowledge of any aggressive activity on the part of the Nazi army,” the man responds.
“If I may sir, I believe Heber J. Grant (the church president at the time) is a better source of intelligence than the U.S. military,” the missionary says.
The independent film is playing in 40 theaters nationwide and is currently No. 11 on the domestic box office, according to Box Office Mojo. It premiered in Utah last weekend and is set to debut in eastern Idaho on April 26.
In a conversation with EastIdahoNews.com, Christensen says he’s pleased with the response to the film, despite waning numbers at movie theaters in the last several years.
“I was concerned because it just seems like people haven’t been going to the theater like they did before COVID. I didn’t know how it would go with us, but it’s gone very well. People are getting out and supporting it,” Christensen says.
He and some of the cast members will be part of a Q & A with moviegoers at local theaters on May 3 and 4. He’s looking forward to interacting with people who see the film.
“Idaho has been good to me in the past. Our films have come up there and people have come out and supported it, so I feel a love for people in the area … and I’m excited (to come back),” he says.
WATCH OUR CONVERSATION WITH CHRISTENSEN IN THE VIDEO ABOVE.
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