The Red Meadows (1945)

Original title

De røde enge

Directed by

Lau Laritzen Jr., Bodil Ipsen

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

A

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Danish saboteur waits to be executed in a German prison during World War II. Through his memories, the film shows his past actions as a resistance fighter. It is a tribute to those who fought against the occupation of Denmark.

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What happens

The Red Meadows (Danish: De røde enge) is a 1945 Danish war drama directed by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen Jr. based on resistance fighter Ole Valdemar Juul's 1945 novel of the same name. The film, starring Poul Reichhardt and Lisbeth Movin, is a suspense tale revolving around the memories of a Danish saboteur as he awaits his execution in a German war-time prison. Filmed in Denmark only months after the end of the German occupation during World War II, Red Meadows was a tribute to the Danish resistance fighters. The film received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and is considered a stylistic masterwork. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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