Finkeren Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 I know that in recent years, some people - mainly the British - have taken an interest in Danish TV series ("Borgen", "The Killing" etc.) so I thought this might be of interest to some of you. Currently there are unfortunately no English subtitles and the automatic captions are (as usual) utterly useless, but hopefully that'll be rectified soon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL9nX3UTAeg "1864" is an upcoming period war-drama in 8 episodes about the Second Schlesvig War. Even though I'm saddened to see, that they chose to include some cheesy love triangle story, the rest seems pretty good. I'll be looking forward to October. 1
79_vRAF_Friendly_flyer Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) Oh wow! Funny how wars from the same period tend to look the same. This looks a bit like the American Civil was (well, the second of them), but in cold weather. I even think I spotted a pair of Navy Colts. Edited March 3, 2014 by 79_vRAF_Friendly_flyer
Finkeren Posted March 3, 2014 Author Posted March 3, 2014 Technologically the Union Army and the Danish Army would be pretty well matched in the 1860s, but the German Army was some years ahead with general-issue breechloaders and far superior tactics and strategy. Basically it's gonna be a story of a small country in a nationalistic craze, hell bent on trapping itself in an unwinnable war betting on help from supposed allies, who had no interest in supplying it and wasting thousands of lives and a sizable chunk of its territory in the process.
79_vRAF_Friendly_flyer Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 Yeah. the Needle Gun was a nasty surprise, and an amazing weapon for it's day. Honoré Daumier's 1866 "The Dream of the Inventor of the Needle gun":
Finkeren Posted March 3, 2014 Author Posted March 3, 2014 Funny thing is, that the Needle Gun along with deadly accurate rifled artillery might actually have helped reducing the amount of casualties in the wars of the 1860s and 70s by giving the Prussian/German armies such a big advantage, that it served to end wars faster and more decisively. New and more murderous weapon technologies can actually do that from time to time, but only if they're employed solely by one side of the conflict.
79_vRAF_Friendly_flyer Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 Funny thing is, that the Needle Gun along with deadly accurate rifled artillery might actually have helped reducing the amount of casualties in the wars of the 1860s and 70s by giving the Prussian/German armies such a big advantage, that it served to end wars faster and more decisively. New and more murderous weapon technologies can actually do that from time to time, but only if they're employed solely by one side of the conflict. I also believe the Germans (unlike a number of other European nations), understood the lesson from the US war. The French appear not to have fully gotten the message yet in 1870, despite their Chasspot breach loaders.
Nil Posted March 3, 2014 Posted March 3, 2014 (edited) Danish films rule! Blinkende lygter Pusher Broen Edited March 3, 2014 by Pigmachine
II./JG27_Rich Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) I loved "In a Better World" Of course that would be the English title. Edited March 5, 2014 by II./JG27_Rich
Finkeren Posted March 5, 2014 Author Posted March 5, 2014 I loved "In a Better World" Of course that would be the English title. It's called "Hævnen" ("The Revenge") in Danish, and I've actually not seen it yet
II./JG27_Rich Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) I want to see A Royal Affair and haven't yet. There is an English kid who reviews films on youtube who went and saw it on a lark and was blown away by it. Edited March 5, 2014 by II./JG27_Rich
Finkeren Posted March 5, 2014 Author Posted March 5, 2014 I found "A Royal Affair" to be a bit overhyped for a rather shallow story without much nuance. However, with that in mind it's definately worth seeing, not least because of the sublime performance by Mikkel Boe Følsgaard as the mentally ill king.
II./JG27_Rich Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 With "In a Better World" when lonely kids come together and stike up a friendship it usually makes for a good movie. In my opinion anyway.
79_vRAF_Friendly_flyer Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 I want to see A Royal Affair and haven't yet I red the book (The Visit of the Royal Physician), it is highly recommended too in Scandinavian history is your thing.
Finkeren Posted March 5, 2014 Author Posted March 5, 2014 I red the book (The Visit of the Royal Physician), it is highly recommended too in Scandinavian history is your thing. Well tbh, I don't think Per Olov Enquist's book has very much to do with "A Royal Affair". They both describe the same historical events but from very different perspectives and with a different focus.
Emgy Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) Re the movie: Actually more of a political drama than lovestory or costume period drama. Edited March 5, 2014 by Calvamos
79_vRAF_Friendly_flyer Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 I don't think Per Olov Enquist's book has very much to do with "A Royal Affair". Ah, thanks!
Finkeren Posted March 17, 2014 Author Posted March 17, 2014 Ah, I see they got some English captions on that video now. About time Danmarks Radio
II./JG27_Rich Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) I found a French TV series about the occupation and it looks very good from what I've seen of the five seasons. No English subtitles though . It's very neutral in it's depiction of things so I'm going nuts trying to find some subs http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288631/ Edited March 17, 2014 by II./JG27_Rich
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