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What country does this take place in?

posted 10 years ago by vandyvch_C_Howitfeels_love_Idol
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They said a northern country. I would guess Finland or Norway?

[–] JR541 10 years ago

It's left ambiguous by design.

He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?

The movie seemed to have a very German vibe.

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[–] JR541 10 years ago

Kind of similar to the original Willy Wonka movie. You can't quite tell where.

He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?

[–] anthonylchamberlain 9 years ago

Kaiser Wilhelm II

[–] orrdaniel398 7 years ago

Yes, it makes me think of a northern Germanic country like Denmark or the Netherlands.

[–] angels4444 9 years ago

Bavaria!?

[–] anthonylchamberlain 9 years ago

Bavaria (Bayern) is a Bundesland inside Germany, not a country itself. Seemed more Prussian to me though?

[–] anthonylchamberlain 9 years ago

Sombertown

[–] KobraX14 9 years ago

It has no specific place but it is influenced by German and Victorian English culture

[–] muchmeow 7 years ago

Wherever it is you can get to the North Pole without a water break (ocean, sea, etc.) in the land.

[–] pioneergrrrl (2390) 5 years ago

it's supposed to be wwII era Germany. Most of the production company for these movies were wwII vets. They wanted to impart their lessons onto the viewing audience

The Vietnam war was still going on....and those people (my parents) were still 'kids' too young to be in charge of television studios and make production decisions.

Oddly w Trump and Putin now in charge the movie is again very timely. Not as dated as it otherwise would be.