Based on a true story. When Nazi occupation shatters Denmark's neutrality in WW2, a Danish wine merchant risks everything by joining the resistance; forcing his wife, an old German friend, and an unlikely Nazi ally to put their own lives in danger in order to free him from a concentration camp.

SYNOPSIS:

Seven years after World War I ends, Danish student, Paul, graduates as a certified distiller alongside his German friend, HANS. Driven by optimism and the desire to rebuild the wine business his father lost during the war, Paul accepts a position in Bordeaux selling French wine. The next evening, Paul attends a dance where he meets RAYDY, a spirited French woman. Their connection is immediate and undeniable. One year later, Paul proposes, tells Raydy he will work hard, promises their family will only know prosperity and a safe home life compared to his childhood of rations and using peat moss for fire.

Fast forward to... Paul and Raydy live in Denmark with daughters Mado and Vivi. They listen to the radio, fear Europe is on the brink of another catastrophe as Adolf Hitler's influence spreads across the continent. Paul is confident Denmark's neutrality will help him shield his family from the horrors of war until April 9th 1940 when Nazi forces occupy Copenhagen. Raydy pleads with Paul to avoid joining the underground in order to keep their children out of harm’s way. Paul agrees until he witnesses a Schalburg soldier murder an unarmed student during a street protest. The senseless killing awakens a moral conviction Paul can no longer ignore. He joins the resistance, sends Mado and Vivi to live with relatives. Raydy refuses that safety net for herself, tells Paul living together as a couple will appear innocent to the Nazis. Paul helps Jewish families escape persecution, uses his wine business to conceal clandestine operations, and narrowly escapes arrest by Gestapo when smuggling an illegal radiophone inside a wine packing crate. By 1944, Nazi reprisals have become increasingly brutal. When a captured resistance member reveals Paul's identity, he is arrested and taken to Vestre Prison where he is interrogated and beaten. Meanwhile, Gestapo threaten Raydy with a knife and demand she reveal her husband's activities. A terrified Raydy lies to protect Paul, unaware he has already been detained.

Paul is deported to Neuengamme concentration camp where he is no longer able to shield his family, or fight for his country. Even though his body is breaking down, Paul’s spirit prevails to help another inmate after a senseless act of cruelty almost kills the man, risking severe punishment by doing so. When her legal appeals to free her husband fail, Raydy now understands why dangerous participation rather than passive compliance is needed to save lives. Her lawyer proposes one final option to have Paul released—trust a mysterious high-ranking German official known only as "Mr. X who has the authority to manipulate the medical system inside Shell House; Copenhagen's Gestapo headquarters.

Hans, now a German officer, learns of Paul's imprisonment. Paul is not aware that Hans secretly slips in the forged medical documents to the Shell House physician, securing the signature needed for his release. Paul returns home to his family, only to discover that Gestapo have uncovered the forged documents and intend to arrest him again. Paul flees to Sweden. Hans meets with the mysterious Mr. X; who we discover is the senior German officer overseeing Paul's case, and is told that Raydy is now targeted for arrest. Han’s warns Raydy who flees to the countryside before Gestapo arrive.

From Sweden, Paul joins the Danish Brigade, assists Allied forces in preparations for Operation Carthage, the air raid that destroys Shell House—a mission that nearly claims Hans's life. One year later, Paul, Raydy, Mado, and Vivi arrive at Baltimore Immigration Station where an error on Vivi’s paperwork threatens her deportation. Rather than challenge the immigration officer, Paul calmly acknowledges the officer's authority, asks him to reconsider his decision and allow his daughter to enter. The officer sees both hope and hardship in Paul’s eyes, stamps Vivi's passport. "Welcome to America."