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Seven students at the Elverhoj High School are called to a meeting on a Friday afternoon in biology class. They hardly know each other and none of them knows why they are there. Suddenly the doors close, the lights go out and images appear on a TV-screen, showing the students why they are there. They have allegedly broken various house rules, however they will pass their examinations if they are able to solve a murder recently committed at the school. They do find a body in the room and the deceased turns out to be a teacher formerly accused of rape, and allegedly killed by friends of the rape victim. The seven students begin to panic and try to escape, calling for help as they find themselves locked up in the hall together with the bloody corpse. At the same time the TV in the biology hall shows the live sensational programme The Final Hour, hosted by the popular and ruthless Micky Holm, who makes his living from broadcasting horrendous incidents live. There is speculation in the programme about who the murderer is. One of the students in the group is named as a suspect. However, this accusation is withdrawn after a while when the student is found dead. The TV-team always seems to be one step ahead of the police, as well as the locked-up youths, when it comes to the murders. The students see a crowd in the school yard on the TV-screen, however when they reach a door or a window in orderto call for help the yard is empty and deserted. A cruel and ruthless cat-and-mouse game has begun in the deserted school building where an unknown killer cold-bloodedly hunts for his prey, while the TV-team is looking for victims to display on live television. The Danish Final Hour thrives on Dennis Jorgensen's complex screenplay and the director's ability to prevent the viewer from seeing the difference between reality and fantasy. The camera work is suggestive and the feeling of being deserted and alone is acute as you follow the petrified students' investigation in the dark and deserted school. The disrespectful and humorous treatment of tabloid journalism's infringement of people's private lives, and the questions raised about the media and journalists' power and ability to influence their environment, prevents Final Hour from becoming a slasher movie with gory effects. It follows the wellworn path of Friday the 13th (1980) and Halloween (1978). PL

Premiärstatus
Svensk premiär: Medverkande
Peter Jorde, Lene Laub Oksen, Rikke Louise Andersson: Producent
Regner Grasten: Manus
Dennis Jürgensen, based on his novel: Foto
Peter Roos: Musik
Frans Bak: Talat språk
Danish