Directed by:
Henrik Ruben GenzScreenplay:
Erlend LoeCinematography:
Jørgen JohanssonComposer:
Henrik SkramCast:
David Dencik, Jakob Oftebro, Natalie Madueño, Kenneth M. Christensen, Ole Christoffer Ertvaag, Joel Spira, Björn Kjellman, Julie Agnete Vang Christensen (more)Plots(1)
It's 1720 and the Great Northern War is over. Vice-Admiral Tordenskjold is one of the war's icons for having led the Danish fleet in countless victories against the Swedes. Among his feats he captured Marstrand (but failed to do the same with Gothenburg). In the calm of peace he feels lost and, against sound advice, sets off on a suitor's quest through northern Europe. He is doubtlessly the rockstar of his time and his trip turns into a tour of heroic tales with innumerous women. But in the shadow of admiration and idolization grow resentment and danger. (Göteborg Film Festival)
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For some reason, I thought it would be a rather daring film, especially for a comedy, but surprisingly, it's not that daring. It's just quite vulgar in places. It's funny at first, but then you are supposed to start believing that it's based on a real event. And it stops being interesting, even fun. The characters aren't bad, but they just can’t carry it the whole time.
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Rear Admiral Tordenskjold could have been used a lot better comedically. You only need to remember the series The Red Dwarf, where there were several scenes with the alleged Rear Admiral Rimmer, and he actually wasn’t even a rear admiral. I say this because the premise looks really great at first glance and if you were an unbiased viewer, you tell yourself, you could actually laugh quite a bit. But the opposite is true. The Danes handled it more seriously than they should have. You are actually bored during the movie in a way that makes you almost annoyed. The ending proves, however, that the creators from Denmark, so brace yourself and prepare for a tragedy. The Scandinavians are way better at that than at comedies. This film is solid proof of that. It is all the more a pity that a film like this was shot in the Czech Republic because the sets are flawless. The problem is the script that should have turned Tordenskjold into a funny and entertaining caricature and at the same time, it turned him into a slimy weakling who drinks, fucks, and says nothing of any value.
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