The Good Traitor

Name: The Good Traitor
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: March 26, 2021
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Burn Gorman, Denise Gough, Hans Henrik Clemensen, Henry Goodman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

2021

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: March 26, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Burn Gorman, Denise Gough, Hans Henrik Clemensen, Henry Goodman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Nicholas Blane, Pixie Davies, Ross McCall, Ulrich Thomsen, Zoe Tapper

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 isApril 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 is willing to put everything on the line. He refuses to follow the German directives and engineers a rebellious plan to defeat Hitler and give the Danish people their freedom back.… Expand

Director: Christina Rosendahl

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 115 min

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Josiah Teal

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. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

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. Read full review

Alissa Simon

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. Read full review

Thom Ernst

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. Read full review

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