When Danish author Jakob Ejersbo died in 2008, at only 40 years old, he left behind a 1,600-page script, which became three novels, The Africa Trilogy: Exile, Liberty and Revolution, based on his own experiences when he lived with his family in Tanzania. Ejersbo had previously won Denmark’s top literary prize for Nordkraft (2002), which was filmed three years later by Danish director Ole Christian Madsen, bearing the international title Angels in Fast Motion.

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On 22 May, Danish pubcaster DR started principal photography for the adaptation of Liberty, a drama series set to air on the station in 2018. Danish writer-director Asger Leth has dramatised the novel, and the show will star Danish newcomer Anton Hjejle, who is still to complete his actor’s education, while Sweden’s Mikael Marcimain (whose Gentlemen [+lee también:
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“Now we are breaking one of our principles: only to make television drama on original material, and not on books,” said DR’s head of drama, Piv Bernth. “Liberty is a major work in modern Danish literature, describing a highly dramatic cultural clash between people and in people, between two continents, between rich and poor, and between hope and despair. It contains many of the contradictions and dilemmas of human life.”

Produced by Karolina Leth for DR Drama, and directed by Mads Kamp Thulstrup, the series following Christian’s (Ejersbo’s) search for identity – “to find himself, his possibilities and limitations, his conflicts with his parents, and his friendship with an African, Marcus” – boasts a multinational cast including Denmark’s Sofie Gråbøl, Carsten Bjørnlund, Connie Nielsen, Sweden’s Magnus Krepper and Kenya’s Charlie Karumi.

“It is both a gift and a challenge to make Liberty into a TV drama, and Leth’s work is both original and an extension of the original story,” Bernth concluded. After shooting in Denmark, the production will move to South Africa on 2 June.