Beyond the Border (2011): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2011, Beyond the Border is an action, drama and war film directed by Richard Holm, running about 122 minutes. “The Mission is a Man” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. December 1942. Two young soldiers leave their posts at checkpoint 83 in North Värmland, Sweden and make their way through the ice cold winter night towards the Nazi-occupied Norwegian border. Sweden stands on the brink of invasion and they want to see the enemy everybody's talking about. But the adventure ends in disaster and soon thereafter Lieutenant Aron Stenström finds out that his brother Sven is one of the missing soldiers. With the odds stacked against him he is forced to go behind enemy lines on a secret rescue mission. Deep inside the Norwegian forests Aron realizes that a completely different kind of line must be crossed if they're to come out alive.

Who’s in it. Beyond the Border stars André Sjöberg as Aron Stenström, Bjørn Sundquist as Egil, Johan Hedenberg as Major Adolfsson and Marie Robertson as Karin Lindström, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.8/10, Beyond the Border has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In GB you can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store and Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Beyond the Border page.

If you liked it. Fans of Beyond the Border tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.