Rembrandt (2003)

Director:

Jannik Johansen

Writers:

Anders Thomas Jensen (writer)
Jannik Johansen (writer)

Release Date:

5 September 2003 (Denmark)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

They made the heist of the century - they just didn't know it.

Plot:

Mick and Tom are an unlikely father-son team of petty thieves. They've been hired to steal a painting from a museum. By accident, they steal the wrong painting: Denmark's only original Rembrandt masterpiece, worth millions.

Plot Keywords:

Painting | Rembrandt | Museum | Criminal | Police Investigation

Awards:

1 win & 10 nominations

Cast

Lars Brygmann	...	Mick
Jakob Cedergren	...	Tom
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	...	Kenneth (as Nikolaj Coster Waldau)
Nicolas Bro	...	Jimmy
Sonja Richter	...	Trine
Søren Pilmark	...	Bæk
Gordon Kennedy	...	Christian
Paprika Steen	...	Charlotte
Ulf Pilgaard	...	Flemming
Thomas W. Gabrielsson	...	Erik
Ole Ernst	...	Frank
Nikolaj Lie Kaas	...	Kiosk Karsten
Patrick O'Kane	...	Nigel
Martin Wenner	...	Toby
Søren Poppel	...	Allan Rocker

Also Known As:

Stealing Rembrandt (International: English title)

Runtime:

Denmark:109 min

Country:

Denmark | UK

Language:

Danish

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup, Amager, Denmark

Company:

Danmarks Radio (DR)

Trivia:

Based on the true story of two men robbing the art collection at Nivågård near Copenhagen, Denmark, of a Rembrandt and a Bellini painting without realizing their immense value. The robbery happened on 29 January 1999, and the two men were sentenced to five years in prison.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bag om Rembrandt (2003) (TV)

A very enjoyable danish crime movie!

Expected a good movie i got a very good movie, which is always good.

In the later years the strength of the danish movies have been the loose action-comedy films, and this is one of those, although it is not as funny and violent as previous titles, this is a much warmer and deeper action movie that focuses a lot on the personalities characters as well, it's actually a very personal movie and you get to know each of the main characters very good, which is nice becuase you'll end up feeling with them towards the end.

But even though this movie is perhaps not as funny and violent entertaining as movies like "I kina spiser de hunde" and "Blinkende Lygter" then it still succeeds quite well, surpringsly well actually, the plot outline is somewhat original and seems very realistic, which is natural i guess since it's made upon a real story, although i can't help wondering what is fiction and what is actual reality.

But looking back at it i can definitely recommend this movie, best danish production i have seen in a while, well made and the acting is actually absolute top class, nothing to say there, actually there only critic i can really give is sometimes you find yourself wondering what is fiction and what is reality, and then the end i think was a bit tame, but i'm not gonna flame it over that becuase everything else was very well made.

8/10