April 9th 2015 123movies

Watch: 9. april 2015 123movies, Full Movie Online – In the early morning of April 9th 1940 the Danish army is alerted. The Germans have crossed the border; Denmark is at war against Europe’s strongest army. In Southern Jutland Danish bicycle- and motorcycle companies are ordered out, to against all odds, hold back the forces until the Danish reinforcements can be mobilized. In the fatal hours, we follow second lieutenant Sand (Pilou Asbæk) and his bicycle company – they will as the first Danish soldiers meet the enemy in combat on April 9th 1940..
Plot: In the early morning of April 9th 1940, the Danish army is alerted. The Germans have crossed the border; Denmark is at war against Europe’s strongest army. In Southern Jutland, Danish bicycle and motorcycle companies are ordered out to, against all odds, hold back the forces until the Danish reinforcements can be mobilized. In the fatal hours, we follow second lieutenant Sand and his bicycle company – they will be the first Danish soldiers to meet the enemy in combat on April 9th 1940.
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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 5,966
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	N/A Votes: 71 Popularity: 5.599 | TMDB

Reviews:

Engrossing
As other reviewers have said here, this movie deserves more than a 6+ rating.

As a war movie, it is fantastic in its depiction of the events in one of the shortest invasions in WW2. Good acting and generally good attention to details (equipment, uniforms, tactics, etc.), in addition to a taut, gripping narrative makes it an engaging historical drama.

The strengths of the movie lie in part on its focus on just one small unit and a couple of related engagements over a period of a few hours, instead of trying to tell a wider story that would have distracted and detracted from the experience.

If there is a weakness, it is that there was very little time for the audience to really get to care about the main characters. Perhaps just a few minutes spent on their backgrounds would have been worthwhile.

I would like to highlight the last scene at the end (NO SPOILER). For those who are familiar with the history of WW2, it brings on goosebumps knowing what is about to happen to the Jews in Europe. Fortunately, most of the Jewish population in Denmark were saved, thanks in large part to the Danish resistance and the Swedish government.

If you are looking for a bloody war movie, this is not it. But if you are looking for a brief glimpse into how men react when faced with impossible odds, then April 9th will not disappoint.

A great movie let down slightly by character development
This movie is one of the very best I have come across, perhaps on the level of Saving Private Ryan. It is quiet a tense movie, especially in the action scenes due to the realism factor which always leaves you on edge as to whether or not someone will die and due to the small scale nature of the unit size, you recognise someone dying.

Now, character development is weak at best as there is little development of the characters beyond Second Lieutenant Sand and Menig Nørreskov so don’t expect a Band of Brothers level of attachment. The movie is amazingly realistic, uniform, weapons, transport and even events are realistic and although you may find the occasional spod complaining about the Danish being portrayed as heroic their argument is very poorly founded.

If you are a fan of war movies with historical accuracy, definitely give this film a try, you could do much worse than this.

Other Information:

Original Language da
Runtime 1 hr 33 min (93 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Drama, History, War
Director Roni Ezra
Writer Tobias Lindholm
Actors Pilou Asbæk, Lars Mikkelsen, Simon Sears
Country Denmark
Awards 3 nominations
Production Company Nordisk Film
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
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Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format N/A
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format N/A