The nun died? Spoilers
Theresa died or lived? The credits were confusing?
shareI think the nun and the soldier were made up for story telling purposes.
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The girl had drowned in the water and died but the nun couldn't accept it and went to find her, then presumably drowned aswell after the cave-in, and the soldier was crushed.
He was not a soldier. He was an auxiliary policeman. The HIPO was an auxiliary police set up by the Germans to help the Gestapo after the Danish police was disbanded and sent to German concentration camps. The word HIPO is an abbreviation of the German word Hilfspolizei meaning Auxiliary Police. The policeman that befriended the nun hints at what happened to those in HIPO service. After the war, about 200 to 300 were prosecuted. About 12 were executed. Some more were found guilty but spared the death sentence, receiving long prison terms instead. Article about HIPO in Wikipedia.
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The story has made-up characters for storytelling purposes. Note that neither the names of the policeman, nor the names of the nun or the girl, Rigmor, appear on the list of dead adult and children posted at the end of the film. But I do agree the characters die as the poster stated.
Great information. Thank you 👍
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