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  • 2021
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2021
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 55 m

Summary April 9, 1940: Denmark is invaded by Nazi Germany with demands for immediate and unconditional surrender. The government surrenders after a few hours and begins cooperating with the Nazis. On the other side of the Atlantic is Denmark's ambassador to the United States of America, a daredevil and a man of the world - Henrik Kauffmann, who ...

Directed By: Christina Rosendahl

Written By: Kristian Bang Foss, Dunja Gry Jensen, Christina Rosendahl

  • 2021
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 2021
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 55 m

The Good Traitor

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Summary April 9, 1940: Denmark is invaded by Nazi Germany with demands for immediate and unconditional surrender. The government surrenders after a few hours and begins cooperating with the Nazis. On the other side of the Atlantic is Denmark's ambassador to the United States of America, a daredevil and a man of the world - Henrik Kauffmann, who ...

Directed By: Christina Rosendahl

Written By: Kristian Bang Foss, Dunja Gry Jensen, Christina Rosendahl

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75
Mar 23, 2021
The Good Traitor is still a solid movie for history buffs and does contain several moments of genuine style, making it well worth the watch.
By Josiah Teal FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 25, 2021
Rosendahl’s framing complicates any “great man” narrative of the period, and shows how the energies of public and private worlds course back and forth.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 16, 2021
No doubt Henrik Kauffmann (Ulrich Thomsen), the Danish ambassador to the United States during Nazi-occupied Denmark, was good. But The Good Traitor, the pseudo-docudrama depicting his life is sadly not.
By Thom Ernst FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 11, 2021
Fascinating backroom politics circa WWII are undermined by banal marital melodrama in Danish director Christina Rosendahl’s The Good Traitor, resulting in a so-so period drama that raises more questions than it answers.
By Alissa Simon FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Nimbus Film, Rosendahl Film, MAAN Rental, Copenhagen Film Fund, Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film & TV-Fond, Danmarks Radio (DR), TV4, Hungarian Film Incentives
Release Date Mar 26, 2021
Duration 1 h 55 m
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Awards

Danish Film Awards (Robert)
• 3 Wins & 9 Nominations
Bodil Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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