The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 87% of the 7,030 2010s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 42m.
Synopsis
A gifted engineer flees his austere roots to pursue wealth and success among Copenhagen's elite. As he rises through the ranks of society, the pride propelling him threatens to be his ruin.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
177 audience votes
Key crew
- Bille AugustDirector
- Lorenz DangelOriginal Music Composer
- Bille AugustScreenplay
- Anders Frithiof AugustScreenplay
Cast
- Esben SmedLykke-Per
- Katrine Greis-RosenthalJakobe Salomon
- Benjamin KitterIvan Salomon
- Julie ChristiansenNanny Salomon
- Rasmus BjergEybert
- Ole LemmekeDelft
- Sara ViktoriaInger
- Sophie Marie JeppesenLisbeth
- Tommy KenterPhilip Salomon
- Tammi ØstLea Salomon
- Jens AlbinusEberhardt Sidenius
- Paul HüttelOberst Bjerregrav
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Themes
based on novel or bookambitionengineerreligion19th century