Michael Kohlhaas (2013)
Genre: Drama / History
Duration: 122 minuten
Alternative titles: Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas / Age of Uprising
Country:
France / Germany
Directed by: Arnaud des Pallières
Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Bruno Ganz and Denis Lavant
IMDb score:
6,1 (9.787)
Releasedate: 14 August 2013
Michael Kohlhaas plot
In the sixteenth century, somewhere in the Cevennes, Michael Kohlhaas (Mikkelsen), a prosperous horse trader, leads a comfortable and happy life with his family. However, when he falls victim to injustice, this pious and honest man gathers an army around him and sets out on a looting campaign to put things in order.
Actors and actresses
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Reviews & comments
Filmkriebel
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- 10013 messages
- 4679 votes
Boring affair about an honest horse dealer who gets caught up in hatred and revenge after the death of his wife . Very slow, where images should say more than dialogue, but often degenerated into maniacal detail. Some scenes were still very botched, such as the murder of Kohlhaas and his cronies that was very poorly portrayed. Mikkelsen is disappointed. I would have liked to see it all a bit more adventurous and less polished; Kohlhaas is presented here as a kind of Robin Hood, but in the literature he seems to have been a medieval "terrorist".
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james_cameron
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- 7060 messages
- 9827 votes
Slow, austere medieval revenge film, strongly reinforced by the stoic head of Mads Mikkelsen. The first hour is doable; after that the stretch is clearly gone and the film creeps to a lackluster finale. Beautifully shot and cleverly edited, with a separate timeline, but this just lacks that bit of punch and emotion to make it truly memorable. But yes, because of that stoic head you keep looking.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
Very mediocre film from the Middle Ages that functions as a kind of revenge story when a horse trader feels wrongfully treated. Pretty poor and superficially developed. Little depth in the characters and story.
Not that Mikkelsen acts great, but his character head does fit in this kind of production, just like in Valhalla rising, a more or less similar film. I didn't find the film really atmospheric because there is little historical awareness. The film has succeeded in coming across as bleak and raw with the wild landscape and howling wind that blew around your ears.
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