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  • 2017
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 2 h 13 m
  • 2017
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 2 h 13 m

Summary The King's Choice is based on the true the story about three dramatic days in April 1940, where the King of Norway is presented with an unimaginable ultimatum from the German armed forces: surrender or die. With Nazi soldiers hunting after them, the Royal Family is forced to flee the capital. In the best interest of the family, the Crown...

Directed By: Erik Poppe

Written By: Alf R. Jacobsen, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg, Jan Trygve Røyneland

  • 2017
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 2 h 13 m
  • 2017
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 2 h 13 m

The King's Choice

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
64
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary The King's Choice is based on the true the story about three dramatic days in April 1940, where the King of Norway is presented with an unimaginable ultimatum from the German armed forces: surrender or die. With Nazi soldiers hunting after them, the Royal Family is forced to flee the capital. In the best interest of the family, the Crown...

Directed By: Erik Poppe

Written By: Alf R. Jacobsen, Harald Rosenløw-Eeg, Jan Trygve Røyneland

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Jesper Christensen

H.M. Kong Haakon VII

Anders Baasmo

H.K.H. Kronprins Olav

Karl Markovics

Curt Bräuer

Tuva Novotny

H.K.H. Kronprinsesse Märtha

Arthur Hakalahti

Menig Fredrik Seeberg

Svein Tindberg

Peder Anker Wedel Jarlsberg

Andreas Lust

Oberstleutnant Hartwig Pohlman

Katharina Schüttler

Anna Elisabeth ('Anneliese') Bräuer

Ketil Høegh

Utenriksminister Halvdan Koht

Gerald Pettersen

Statsminister Johan Nygaardsvold

Jan Frostad

Stortingspresident C.J. Hambro

Erik Hivju

Oberst Birger Eriksen

Espen Sandvik

Kaptein Magnus P. Sødem

Sofie Falkgård

Prinsesse Ragnhild

Ingrid Ross Raftemo

Prinsesse Astrid

Magnus Ketilsson Dobbe

Prins Harald (3 år)

Rolf Kristian Larsen

Sersjant Brynjar Hammer

Juliane Köhler

Frl. Diana Müller

Herbert Nordrum

Menig Frode Vestli

Nicolay Lange-Nielsen

Major Nikolai Ramm Østgaard

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
64
63% Positive
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38% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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63% Positive
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38% Mixed
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0% Negative
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80
Oct 5, 2017
Its intent is to show us how difficult it is to see clearly during times of crisis, how what seems as simple as black and white today was the source of uncertainty and soul-searching when it happened.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 27, 2017
Haakon VII is a hero in Norway, and The King’s Choice tells us why.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 23, 2017
What is unusual about the film is that it is a frankly admiring portrait of a monarch. The king here is the tale’s hero, and the choice he makes regarding the Nazi invasion undergird a drama that is proudly and unequivocally patriotic.
By Godfrey Cheshire FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 21, 2017
Handsomely mounted and well acted, the film breaks no new ground but remains engrossing.
By Stephen Farber FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 21, 2017
It has a few traumatic and bedazzling scenes of combat, but mostly it’s about the backroom bureaucratic gamesmanship of war.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 5, 2017
The performances are fine and nuanced, but the stakes seem, for some reason, more theoretical than actual.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 21, 2017
The King’s Choice maintains a sense of intrigue when it sticks to the king’s dealings with the government, but the movie drags when it moves outside of back rooms and deviates from setting up the Bräuer-Haakon showdown.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
7.1
86% Positive
6 Ratings
14% Mixed
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Production Company Paradox, Copenhagen Film Fund, Film i Väst, Newgrange Pictures, Zentropa International Sweden
Release Date Sep 22, 2017
Duration 2 h 13 m
Genres
Tagline Norway, 1940. Germany has invaded.
Website http://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/the-kings-choice/
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Awards

Amanda Awards, Norway
• 8 Wins & 12 Nominations
Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival
• 4 Wins & 7 Nominations
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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