
Desperate Journey is a thrilling, action-packed story unfolding in the vibrant burlesque scene of 1940s Paris. The film stars Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen (1899), Clara Rugaard (I Am Mother), Til Schweiger (Inglourious Basterds), and Steven Berkoff (A Clockwork Orange). The story follows Freddie Knoller, who is compelled to escape Vienna as the Nazis advance. Finding himself alone and without money in Paris, and desperately needing identification, he accepts a position at a famous burlesque club known to be visited by Nazi officers. Within this alluring but risky environment, he becomes infatuated with the club’s star performer and gets caught up in a series of events that will drastically alter the course of his life.