The Good Traitor

Original title: Vores mand i Amerika

2020
1h 55m

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6.3/10

1.6K

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Biography Drama War

At the beginning of World War II, when the Germans invade Denmark in 1940, the Danish ambassador to America declares himself to be the only true representative of the free Danish people.At the beginning of World War II, when the Germans invade Denmark in 1940, the Danish ambassador to America declares himself to be the only true representative of the free Danish people.At the beginning of World War II, when the Germans invade Denmark in 1940, the Danish ambassador to America declares himself to be the only true representative of the free Danish people.

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

1.6K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 7 wins & 9 nominations

Trivia
Pixie Davies plays the character Poppin S. Her previous outing was a starring role in Mary Poppins Returns.

Goofs
At a party in USA before April 1940 the main characters are drinking Cosmopolitans mixed with cranberry juice. The drink Cosmopolitan Daisy from 1934 does not contain cranberry juice but raspberry syrup. The Cosmopolitan with cranberry juice was created 1975 or later.

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Featured review

7/10

Solid Intellectual Exercise - The Good Traitor

I love films where I learned something I did not know before about world events. This film is one of those movies. I did not know the exact circumstances of Denmark previous to the US entry into World War 2. This film clarifies it perfectly.

The only drawback to the film is the subplot of a jealous wife for her husband and sister, which I found to be non-essential to the basic plot of the movie.

The acting and direction is very good, and the Hamlet reference is fairly obvious at the conclusion, but the political negotiations between the US and Denmark before and during the war were fascinating. And the solutions created by the creative Ambassador of Denmark were nothing short of brilliant. Money always wins.