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I was blown away by this movie

posted 15 years ago by hoov-4
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And I spent most of the day trying to find a region 1 copy as it doesn't say when it will be released in the US. I was shocked how wonderful this movie was and had no idea there were such people in Denmark fighting the Nazi's quite to this extent. I read somewhere were this was one of the most expensive productions in danish film history and if I have anything to do with it I will purchase the movie and anything else that would increase its stock. The length of the movie is perfect to me especially a good war story and it's very complex with complex characters. I love Christian Berkel. Whenever he's in a movie regard Nazi Germany you know it's going to be good. And the two main characters, Flame and Citron are played perfectly by the actors that portrayed them. I am a huge fan of the Dutch movie "Black Book" but feel this movie outshines it by far. It's a well made movie very worth watching. It's also a riveting story and a great thriller yet a tragic tale of war. A real drama all in one. At times very paradoxical while a beautifully shot movie full of detail that to me achieves 5 star status. Honestly, I felt I was there as the movie progressed that's how realistic it seemed to me. Thank you for doing this movie because as far as I'm concerned I learned something and got on Amazon and bought a book about the Danish resistance...that's the positive impact it has had on me already. Please get the word out on this movie. Thank you.

[–] gizmo-1980 15 years ago

If you liked it you should really see "Drengene fra Sankt Petri" to.

[–] hoov-4 15 years ago

Where could I get a copy of a region 1 movie? Thanks for mentioning it.

[–] kasperandreasen 15 years ago

I don't think there is a region 1 version of 'Drengene fra Skt. Petri'.

[–] O'Malley 15 years ago

I loved it, too. It's been playing in New York City for the last three weeks and I saw it this evening. So rich a film on so many levels!

[–] SDfilmgal 15 years ago

I agree with all of you. I thought it was fantastic! One of the best WWII movies I've ever seen. I went based on a good review in the LA Times, but it was far better than I expected.

[–] Diskothek 15 years ago

Saw it last night, it was very good. Keeps you guessing about people's motives even after it ends.

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[–] JaJa730 10 years ago

I couldn't agree more!

[–] ktowny 10 years ago

Absolutely. I have watched it at least a half dozen times in the past couple of years and it never gets old. and yes, I plug this movie on IMDB and facebook every time war movies or spy movies are discussed.

Love's turned to lust and blood's turned to dust in my heart.

[–] hilaryjrp 10 years ago

I've never seen another spy/resistance film quite like it. It's excellent and a whole history course in itself on Northern Germanic in-fighting during WWII. The only production that comes close to it--ironically, much more graphic and disturbing--is "A Man Called Intrepid," an American mini-series starrig Michael York and Barbara Hershey as a spy dropped behind enemy lines who is as stupid as Flame.