Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

Name: Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
Genre: Drama, History
Released: May 30, 2014
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 51

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Music Box Films | Release Date: May 30, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: With the age of feudalism in decline, Europe rests at a tense crossroads between the old world and the new. Respected, well-to-do horse merchant Michael Kohlhaas (Mads Mikkelsen) is a loving husband and family man leading a peaceful existence, until a ruthless nobleman steals his horses, setting off a chain of irreversible events.With the age of feudalism in decline, Europe rests at a tense crossroads between the old world and the new. Respected, well-to-do horse merchant Michael Kohlhaas (Mads Mikkelsen) is a loving husband and family man leading a peaceful existence, until a ruthless nobleman steals his horses, setting off a chain of irreversible events. Kohlhaas resorts to extremes after these crimes destroy his livelihood and trust in the law, igniting a rampage through the countryside in his quest for justice. … Expand

Director: Arnaud des Palli

Genre(s): Drama, History

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 122 min

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Mike Russell

May 6, 2014

With strong performances, the gorgeously overwhelming environment (the sounds of wind and flies are practically supporting characters), and at least one agonizingly long close-up, Age of Uprising unsettles as it raises troubling questions about the price, morality and flexibility of a "principled stand." Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Jun 4, 2014

This is a much drier, more reserved affair, though it can be quite powerful on the rare occasions when it allows raw emotion to make its way to the surface. Read full review

Neil Smith

May 6, 2014

Director Arnaud des Pallières lends a bleak austerity to the story, but with only one murky battle scene to quicken the blood it’s hardly a recipe for unbridled excitement. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

May 29, 2014

The severely beautiful film is painted in a dauntingly austere manner, as if lost in a war against itself, with confrontations underplayed and the rural landscapes making more of an impression than the detoured drama. Read full review

Time Out London Geoff Andrew

May 26, 2013

Unfortunately, Arnaud de Pallieres’s film succeeds neither as a decent adaptation of the book nor as a rewarding movie in its own right. Read full review

Robert Abele

May 29, 2014

It's a strong story of lonely, even futile righteousness, which makes the plodding execution by director Arnaud des Pallierès somewhat mystifying. Read full review

Empire David Parkinson

May 6, 2014

This leaden relocating of an iconic German saga to 16th-century France isn’t helped by the miscast Mads Mikkelsen’s morose display as Michael Kohlhaas. Read full review

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Zarikz

Apr 14, 2021

This movie is a different narration from what we are used to in many other revenge stories. It takes us to a level of reality. It does not try to make us excited or to use our feeling to bring the story forward. Mads Mikkelsen does not manipulate the audience by a sudden turn of theThis movie is a different narration from what we are used to in many other revenge stories. It takes us to a level of reality. It does not try to make us excited or to use our feeling to bring the story forward. Mads Mikkelsen does not manipulate the audience by a sudden turn of the character. He is a businessman, and the only reason for his actions is that he could not get justice through the legal procedures. He did not want to be a hero, but he could not stand injustice. The fight scenes are brutal and far away from the heroic fight scenes. Those that we see in action movies and feel energetic to watch. Even the dialogues are not trying to be extraordinary. They are simple conversations. A simple narration can affect the audience more than exaggerated scenes in an action movie.… Expand

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