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Fem mand og Rosa

  • 1964
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
195
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Fem mand og Rosa (1964)
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Burglar Herluf "Smukke Arne" Jensen is in hospital, in a room with a district judge, a bank clerk, and a Legation secretary; this last is being blackmailed by an extortionist who keeps the e... Read allBurglar Herluf "Smukke Arne" Jensen is in hospital, in a room with a district judge, a bank clerk, and a Legation secretary; this last is being blackmailed by an extortionist who keeps the evidence against him in a bank vault. Arne will rob the bank to help his new friend.Burglar Herluf "Smukke Arne" Jensen is in hospital, in a room with a district judge, a bank clerk, and a Legation secretary; this last is being blackmailed by an extortionist who keeps the evidence against him in a bank vault. Arne will rob the bank to help his new friend.

  • Director
    • Sven Methling
  • Writers
    • Ole Boje
    • Sven Methling
  • Stars
    • Morten Grunwald
    • Emil Hass Christensen
    • Bendt Rothe
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    195
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sven Methling
    • Writers
      • Ole Boje
      • Sven Methling
    • Stars
      • Morten Grunwald
      • Emil Hass Christensen
      • Bendt Rothe
    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Morten Grunwald
    Morten Grunwald
    • 'Smukke-Arne' Arne Herluf Jensen
    Emil Hass Christensen
    • Byretsdommer Winther
    Bendt Rothe
    • Philip André
    Willy Rathnov
    • K. Konradsen
    Louis Miehe-Renard
    • Madsen
    Judy Gringer
    • Rosa Jørgensen
    Gyda Hansen
    • Frk. Åstrøm
    Ejner Federspiel
    • Pastoren
    Preben Neergaard
    • Overlægen
    Lis Adelvard
    • Sygeplejerske
    Caja Heimann
    • Madsens kone
    Astrid Kraa
    • Plejemor
    Carl Ottosen
    • Kriminalassistent
    Gunnar Lemvigh
    • Kriminalassistent
    Arthur Jensen
    • Helmer Gamtofte
    Jytte Abildstrøm
    • Aurora Gamtofte
    Holger Vistisen
    Holger Vistisen
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    • Winthers kone
    • Director
      • Sven Methling
    • Writers
      • Ole Boje
      • Sven Methling
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    7ostemad

    An elegant robbery that no one noticed

    A brilliant bank-robbery performed in absentia. The robber is not even there, he is hospitalized with a broken leg. The one actually performing the robbery is a judge. This absurdity goes even further, the the planning of the robbery takes place in a hospital, where five men share a room. One of them is in deep trouble due to an unfortunate photograph taken in Paris.

    The film balances on the edge of the unbelievable. Is it really possible that the police never notices? would a judge really participate in a bankrobbery. None the less, it is a hilarious film due to elegance of the performed coup.
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    Fem mand og Rosa

    As a subgenre, the heist film is not a particularly common one. More than once I've set out to find a good heist flick and failed. In other words, listing the good ones won't take you all day as evidenced by a search here on IMDb or Google. It's welcomed, then, that Fem mand falls among those heist films I'd put near the top of the list.

    Directed by Sven Methling one wouldn't automatically assume Fem mand to be as good as it is. Not that Methling wasn't an able director, but perhaps because that's how you'd describe him - as able. Then again, making films in Denmark during the fifties, sixties and up to the early nineties must have been an exercise in sidestepping one crap project after another. And in that respect Methling by and large exonerates himself. That he two years later yet again forged a wonderful classic, the horror comedy Gys and Gæve Tanter, showed what he might have been able to do had he been born with a passport from a bigger country than Denmark. No matter.

    At first glance, Fem mand might not be the obvious gem that it so truly is. I credit Methling and Boje's tightly crafted and economical script, and it's especially admirable as this is essentially an ensample cast who for large parts of the film is confined to a hospital room with only dialogue to hold the tension and move the plot forwards. But it works! Wonderfully!

    As the premise is set up, we quickly understand that this heist movie is not to be taken all that seriously. Methling is at home here, having directed a slew of light comedies for the 'whole family' he knows when to let up for a laugh and when to go for the kill. We're in safe hands.

    Although a film with an ensample cast, there's one character who stands above, and he has to for it all to work. Morten Grunwald is the hero here; in more than one sense. Although a criminal, a con man laid up with a broken leg and guarded by members of the Copenhagen Police Force right outside the doors of his and his fellow bedridden cohorts' hospital room, Smukke-Arne is a man with a heart of gold. And Grunwald is wonderful as Smukke which is lucky, because if he fails, the film fails. The rest of the cast, stalwarts of Danish films of the period, all do well, some more well than others - Judy Gringer was never a natural talent but her over-the-top delivery sort of works here in the guise of the titular Rosa, Smukke's better half and his, if not exactly equal, then certainly indispensable companion and a through and through professional who takes a backseat to no-one.

    The characters in this neat black and white caper generally rise above what you could expect. Never dull or surplus to requirements.

    But the real standout is the score by Ole Høyer. Mancini ain't got nothing on this dude! You'll be reminded of the Pink Panther theme, but in my opinion, Høyer does it better. More subtle and tense than Mancini, yet so melodically dense and elegant you'll be humming the theme for days after.

    In the end, Fem mand og Rosa is a fast paced, fun little film that sits so neatly in the heist genre that it's a shame it won't be discovered by more people.

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      Edited into Eventyret om dansk film 15: Fjernsyn og biografkrise - 1961-1965 (1996)

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    • Release date
      • November 13, 1964 (Denmark)
    • Country of origin
      • Denmark
    • Language
      • Danish
    • Also known as
      • Five Men and Rosa
    • Filming locations
      • Saga Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Saga Film
      • Saga Studio
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      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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