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Snapphanar

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2006
  • 2h 54m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
1.1K
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Snapphanar (2006)
ActionDramaHistoryWar

About The War between Sweden and Denmark, and the providence "Skåne" at late 1600AcAbout The War between Sweden and Denmark, and the providence "Skåne" at late 1600AcAbout The War between Sweden and Denmark, and the providence "Skåne" at late 1600Ac

  • Stars
    • André Sjöberg
    • Tuva Novotny
    • Anders Ekborg
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • André Sjöberg
      • Tuva Novotny
      • Anders Ekborg
    • 15User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Episodes3

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    André Sjöberg
    • Nils Geting
    • 2006
    Tuva Novotny
    Tuva Novotny
    • Hedvig Sparre
    • 2006
    Anders Ekborg
    Anders Ekborg
    • Gabriel Lejonhufvud
    • 2006
    Malin Morgan
    • Svart-Stina
    • 2006
    Gustaf Skarsgård
    Gustaf Skarsgård
    • Karl XI
    • 2006
    Peter Andersson
    Peter Andersson
    • Överste Dahlbergh
    • 2006
    Kim Bodnia
    Kim Bodnia
    • Mogens Laumann
    • 2006
    Jörgen Persson
    • Räddstor
    • 2006
    Samuel Hellström
    • Joshua Swartz
    • 2006
    Adam Lundgren
    Adam Lundgren
    • David Swartz
    • 2006
    Dag Malmberg
    Dag Malmberg
    • Anders Sparre
    • 2006
    Harald Leander
    • Olof Geting
    • 2006
    Jonas Karlström
    • Jakob Geting
    • 2006
    Niklas Engdahl
    Niklas Engdahl
    • Mannen med ärret
    • 2006
    Jonas Sjöqvist
    • Rosencrantz
    • 2006
    Björn Bengtsson
    Björn Bengtsson
    • Roosman
    • 2006
    Ramunas Abukevicius
    • Jensen
    • 2006
    Nicholas Riesbeck
    • Jens
    • 2006
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    7m0rg16

    Good Historical Adventure

    It's a good film. I just watched and expected more or less a cheesy adventure. And while the first 40 minutes of the film are as if lifted from a Hollywood adventure movie, it then unravels into something more intriguing and interesting. The ending is definitely worth waiting for. Lots of twists as well.

    Swedish themes surge through the entire film, however. These might be hard to pick up for a non-Swede but they are there. The Swedish idea of pacifism and neutrality shows itself in form of the king (Gustaf Skarsgård) Carl XI, who only wants to kick the Danes out of his lands and sign a peace treaty. Evil, on the other hand, are not the Danes, but rather a greedy Nobleman who wants to conquer Denmark and all the states surrounding the Baltic Sea. This is a rather modern conception as well. Back then, Denmark and Sweden WERE enemies. And they probably did one-another as "evil".

    The production value is surprisingly high. I was expecting something really poor in terms of... everything really. But the film team really pulled it off well. My only gripe is that in certain scenes where extras are involved, they pull of a really bad acting job. I don't know why, but Swedish filmmakers don't seem to give the same heart and soul into their extras as, say, Hollywood producers would.

    In any case, the story is good. Keeps you on your toes wondering what will happen next. It's not always perfectly paced, however. I found the film to pace badly towards the middle. But after awhile it comes back in full swing.

    Watch it if you want to see a good adventure. Swedish people probably get to hung up on the fact that it's "Swedish" and thus dismiss it outright before they even see it. But it's good! Surprisingly good, actually. So if you're Swedish and have already decided that you're going to hate this film, don't bother. If you want a good historical adventure, on the other hand, then watch this!
    8fred-83

    One of Swedens best efforts ever

    This is by far one of Swedens best efforts ever in the historical epic genre. It looks excellent and expensive, thanks to the effort of the superb cinematographer and Stein/Mårlind. In addition to the highly accomplished look of the film, the story is also fast-paced and holds together to the end, the acting is uniformly excellent as well. I admit to being somewhat biased in my review, as I have been connected to the production as a composer/arranger, alongside the main composer. I have written the orchestral arrangements and composed some additional horror/ambient music cues which has been put to great use and adds a nice flavour to the overall score, I think. Fun that another commenter noticed the music. Sadly, many people couldn't just accept this on its own terms, as a fun action film, and just saw the historical inaccuracies. Funny that many people enjoy western films although they seldom have anything to do with reality.
    9creativetnt

    Bergman är död, länge leve filmen!

    "Bergman is dead, long live the movies!" is the best way I can describe this mini seen at the special premiere opening.

    Finally Swedish movie makers dare to mix a historic event with fiction and make something more fun, beautiful and exciting than just a Bergman drama or a reality show. But of course, when Måns and Björn do something it's done for the public and not just the critics.

    What really strikes me is the characters, they are so vivid! Excellent acting makes the story feel true. They seem to be living at that time and place and really bring you in to their world. I can't think of one single actor that could be replaced, they all do it so well.

    A special note on the music (no pun intended), it's by far the best score in a Swedish movie yet. Buy the DVD if you have surround sound in your home, it will be worth it.

    I think this mini set a new standard for film making in Sweden, showing that it is possible to make beautiful movies in Europe. And we want more.
    4nyx90

    Another Swedish production down the drain..

    But alas, mind you, this could have been a very good movie..

    What this film suffers from, and so many other Swedish contemporary films, are the lack of individuality. The glances towards Hollywood are obvious especially in the editing and the cliché's in manuscript. The script is the biggest flaw here. The historical angle (even though a bit resculpted) works fine, but the dialog is absolutely horrible. And as mentioned the cliché's and straight forward plot could have (and has been) stolen from many American adventurefilms. The camera work are very good, the mis-en-scene works fine as well even though the budget was low. Some of the wholeness and flow is disrupted and destroyed from the editing, especially in the fighting scenes. It seems that sometimes the producer has stepped in and said "Too little action here boys, fix that!" The result is just bad version of Matrix crosscutting. Sound works fine as well, works fine on surround. The music tends to be a bit repetitive though. The last twenty minutes plays the same "tick-tock" inspired music that has been in every Swedish TV- production since times beginning. (A pedagogical way to show the viewer that time is of essence. Feel free to get stressed.)

    All in all it works as a film made for TV. There are some good actors here but they often get nowhere with their twodimensional characters and lousy dialog.

    Biggest plus: A daring try to make film out of Swedish history. Biggest minus: The scriptwriter should be flogged.

    4/10
    4ddr004

    Poor in a historical perspective

    Good acting, good story, but poor in a historical perspective. The movie set in the time period of Scanian war between Swedes and Danes tells the story of a man who's family is murdered by the Swedes. The main character joins a band of Scanian freedom fighters to seek revenge on the people murdering his family. Places and events are totally fictional which made me a bit disappointed. Maybe I was hoping for a Scanian version of Braveheart/The patriot etc. The name Snapphane, which was used as a pejorative term by the Swedes to describe the pro-Danish rebels,is used by everyone in the movie. Had the people behind the mini series done a better research to make it historical correct I would have giving it a higher vote. Acting and parts of the story is worth 7/10 votes, historically 1/10 so my final vote will be a 4 out of 10. I hope the mini series become an inspiration for others to make more movies in the same genre.

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      The shooting took 67 days.
    • Goofs
      When Olof Geting tells the story about his idea of marching across the belts, in the flashback after the battle you can clearly see the uniforms the Swedish troops use. They didn't exist in 1658, it wasn't until Karl XI (Karl X Gustav's son and heir) gave the army it's uniforms and colors.

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    • Release date
      • 2006 (Sweden)
    • Countries of origin
      • Sweden
      • Lithuania
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Norway
    • Official sites
      • SVT (Sweden)
      • SVT (Sweden)
    • Languages
      • Swedish
      • Danish
    • Also known as
      • Вольные стрелки
    • Filming locations
      • Barbakan palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
    • Production companies
      • Filmlance International
      • Baltic Film Group
      • Sveriges Television (SVT)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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