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Erna i krig

  • 20202020
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
687
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Trine Dyrholm in Erna i krig (2020)
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A woman disguises herself as a man to join the army in order to protect her educationally subnormal son who has been called up to fight in WW1.A woman disguises herself as a man to join the army in order to protect her educationally subnormal son who has been called up to fight in WW1.A woman disguises herself as a man to join the army in order to protect her educationally subnormal son who has been called up to fight in WW1.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
687
YOUR RATING
    • Henrik Ruben Genz
    • Bo Hr. Hansen(screenplay)
    • Henrik Ruben Genz(screenplay)
    • Erling Jepsen(novel)
  • Stars
    • Trine Dyrholm
    • Ulrich Thomsen
    • Anders W. Berthelsen
    • Henrik Ruben Genz
    • Bo Hr. Hansen(screenplay)
    • Henrik Ruben Genz(screenplay)
    • Erling Jepsen(novel)
  • Stars
    • Trine Dyrholm
    • Ulrich Thomsen
    • Anders W. Berthelsen
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    • 5User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Trine Dyrholm and Sylvester Byder in Erna i krig (2020)
    Trine Dyrholm and Sylvester Byder in Erna i krig (2020)
    Anders W. Berthelsen, Trine Dyrholm, and Ulrich Thomsen in Erna i krig (2020)
    Ulrich Thomsen in Erna i krig (2020)
    Trine Dyrholm in Erna i krig (2020)
    Anders W. Berthelsen in Erna i krig (2020)

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    Trine Dyrholm
    Trine Dyrholm
    • Erna Jensen
    Ulrich Thomsen
    Ulrich Thomsen
    • Feldwebel Meier
    Anders W. Berthelsen
    Anders W. Berthelsen
    • Anton Seiersen
    Sylvester Byder
    Sylvester Byder
    • Kalle Jensen
    Ari Alexander
    Ari Alexander
    • Max Petersen
    Emil Aron Dorph
    • Mathias Hansen
    Mads Ole Langelund Larsen
    • Christian Poulsen
    • (as Mads Langelund)
    Aksel Ojari
    • Fritz Müller
    Patrick Descamps
    Patrick Descamps
    • French Camp Commander
    Elias Munk
    Elias Munk
    • Julius Rasmussen
    Jørn Holstein
    • Train Conductor
    Hugo Henry
    • German Interpreter
    David Dumont
    • Whispering Soldier
    Helle Bo
    • Older Woman Bramstrup
    Gert Raudsep
    Gert Raudsep
    • Retiring Feldwebel
    Andreas Perschewski
    • Retiring Feldwebel
    • (voice)
    Heino Seljamaa
    • Lieutenant Colonel
    Ingo Brosch
    Ingo Brosch
    • Lieutenant Colonel
    • (voice)
      • Henrik Ruben Genz
      • Bo Hr. Hansen(screenplay)
      • Henrik Ruben Genz(screenplay)
      • Erling Jepsen(novel)
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      Film debut of Emil Aron Dorph.

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    6/10
    A cliché to compare it to the book, but...
    Comparing movies to their literary origins is almost cliché and, some may say, inherently unfair. In this case, however, it does make at least some sense I think.

    Erling Jepsen has made it his trademark to write absurd stories with a generous dollop of humour - Franz Kafka meets Dario Fo, as it were. "Erna i krig" (the book) is certainly no exception to this, which is exactly why I think the movie needs to suffer this unfair comment.

    The book treats World War I, the identity crisis of post-Prussia-war (1864) Sønderjylland and social dysfunction in general, as one big absurd theatre linked by one unlikely event after another.

    This is my main criticism of this movie. These wonderful impossibilities that drove the original story are completely absent. What is left is just a handful of depressing fates in a war long forgotten. A few sausage bribes and funny syllogisms are simply not enough. Add to that, that only a few minor links in Erling Jepsen's original chain of events made it into the movie and an almost cheapish ensemble-like crop of the original cast. All the characteristics that made the story work and (believe it or not) believable have been largely omitted.

    Disregarding the book, it was a neat little movie, though. Particularly Ulrich Thomsen fit the Erling Jepsen universe of dysfunctional characters oozing insecurity. Everybody else was largely extras - even Trine Dyrholm.
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    • thniels
    • Sep 6, 2021

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      • October 29, 2020 (Denmark)
      • Denmark
      • Estonia
      • Belgium
      • Danish
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Tartu, Estonia
    • Production companies
      • Nimbus Film Productions
      • Nafta Films
      • Entre Chien et Loup
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
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