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Copenhagen (PBS Hollywood Presents)

starring: Francesca Annis, Daniel Craig, Stephen Rea
directed by: Howard Davies

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381015928
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 13, 2003
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 24936
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2002



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Description:
Inspired by actual events which have baffled and intrigued historians for years, this Tony Award-winning drama by Michael Frayn (Spies, Noises Off) comes to life in this stirring presentation. At a 1941 meeting, two brilliant physicists and longtime friends, Denmark's Niels Bohr (The Crying Game's Stephen Rea) and Germany's Werner Heisenberg (The Road to Perdition's Daniel Craig), find themselves on opposite sides of World War II. Heisenberg's covert trip at great risk to see Bohr and his wife, Margrethe (Reckless' Francesca Annis), in Copenhagen results in disaster. Why did Heisenberg really go to Denmark, what did the two men discuss, and what happened during this pivotal meeting which became a defining moment of the modern nuclear age? 'Among the most exhilarating, challenging and involving two hours you ever spend in a theater!' - The Nation

Amazon.com:
This 2002 film, based on the play by Michael Frayn, imagines what might have happened between the physicists Niels Bohr (Stephen Rea, The Crying Game) and Werner Heisenberg (Daniel Craig, The Road to Perdition) on a particular night in September of 1941. Heisenberg was collaborating with Nazis in Germany; Bohr, a Jew, was living in occupied Denmark but had contact with physicists on the Allied side. Something in this meeting destroyed their longstanding friendship; Frayn envisions their ghosts--and that of Bohr's wife, Margrethe (Francesca Annis, Dune)--reliving, arguing, and fantasizing about a conversation in which an innocent topic like skiing could slide into a dangerous discussion of physics and politics. This skillfully woven and well-acted conversation, far from being a static talk-fest, has all the dynamism of a psychological thriller. Our intentions, like the particles at the heart of physics, can never be known for certain. --Bret Fetzer



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A stunning combination of science and drama
Superb direction, editing, acting...but most of all, screenwriting: the principles of Uncertainity ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - PBS - Copenhagen
I saw this play in London when it was first presented. It was fantastic! The PBS made for TV version ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Perfect Example of Why We Need Public Broadcasting
Directed by Howard Davies for PBS and based on Michael Frayn's prize-winning play by the same name, COPENHAGEN ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - A Dreadful Adapatation
Although Copenhagen is among my favorite plays, I have to say, this is a dreadful adaptation. The abstract, almost ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great Play, Great Acting, Great Film
Mr. Frayn's play imagines and explores the motives and view of Physics Nobel Laureates and close friends Niels Bohr ... Read More

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