Screenplay:
Leck FischerCinematography:
Rudolf FrederiksenComposer:
Sven GyldmarkCast:
Lau Lauritzen Jr., Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin, Freddy Koch, Per Buckhøj, Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, Preben Neergaard, Peer Guldbrandsen, Karl Jørgensen (more)Plots(1)
In the spirit of pan-European solidarity, it is only fair that Denmark, too, has an entry in the selection of partisan films, regardless of the fact that the Danish antifascist resistance during WWII was miniscule in relation to all the other countries featured. For purposes of comparison: while several occupied countries lost several millions of lives – which, in the case of Poland, amounted to a terrifying 17% of the entire population – only about 6,000 (0.16%) people died in Denmark due to the Nazis. Denmark had no deep forests or rugged mountain ridges that would hide the partisans, so while resistance existed, it was focused mostly on saving the Danish Jews and limited to acts of urban sabotage. De røde enge is a key work that celebrates the Danish resistance. Based on a novel written by famed residence fighter Ole Valdemar Juul, this superbly crafted sabotage drama thoroughly examines both the inner and outer lives of a resistance group as they conspire, scheme, love, hate, suspect, act, flee, kill, get arrested, tortured, and are ultimately condemned to death. (Viennale)
(more)Cast
Lau Lauritzen Jr.
Denmark
Poul Reichhardt
Denmark
Best movies:
The Olsen Gang in a Fix (1969)
Olsen-banden (1968)
Qivitoq (1956)
Lisbeth Movin
Denmark
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Day of Wrath (1943)
Babette's Feast (1987)
Hagbard and Signe (1967)
Freddy Koch
Denmark
Per Buckhøj
Denmark
Bjørn Watt-Boolsen
Denmark
Best movies:
Qivitoq (1956)
The Boys from St. Petri (1991)
Preben Neergaard
Denmark
Best movies:
Day of Wrath (1943)
Peer Guldbrandsen
Denmark
Karl Jørgensen
Denmark
Best movies:
Ditte, Child of Man (1946)
Kjeld Jacobsen
Denmark
Bjørn Spiro
Denmark
Best movies:
Olsen-banden (1968)
Preben Kaas
Denmark
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The Olsen Gang in a Fix (1969)
Alt på et bræt (1977)
Mogens Brandt
Denmark
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Mantza Rasmussen
Denmark
Ib Fürst
Denmark
Gyrd Løfquist
Denmark
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Nightwatch (1994)
Paul Harding Secher
Denmark
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Ditte, Child of Man (1946)