Seksdagesløbet

1958
1h 37m

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Semi documentary on a famous cycle race in Copenhagen. The story is about the competition between the riders as well as about their private and marital struggles.Semi documentary on a famous cycle race in Copenhagen. The story is about the competition between the riders as well as about their private and marital struggles.Semi documentary on a famous cycle race in Copenhagen. The story is about the competition between the riders as well as about their private and marital struggles.

Director
- Jørgen Roos
Writers
- Erik Balling
- Tørk Haxthausen
Stars

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5.5/10

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Director
- Jørgen Roos
Writers
- Erik Balling
- Tørk Haxthausen
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Writer Erik Balling and composer Bent Fabricius-Bjerre first met when working on this movie. In the following years, Fabricius-Bjerre would compose themes to a long string of Balling's productions like 'Poeten og Lillemor', 'Jeg er sgu min egen', 'Olsen Banden', 'Huset på Christianshavn' and 'Matador'.

Connections
Edited into Eventyret om dansk film 13: Sort/hvid eller farve - 1956-1959 (1996)

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7/10

Solid cycling film

Most elements worked well for me - I loved the authentic footage of the race and the arena, I was invested in the main storylines and most of the humour was successful.

However, these separate elements did not always blend well. The large amount of real footage left little room for the fictional story to develop, and the humour disrupted the drama, with the most emotional monologue literally interrupted over and over again by comedian Kjeld Petersen's drunken character. His is a good example of the overabundance of minor characters with little significance. Their scenes were often unwelcome distractions from the storylines of the main characters.

Still, I enjoyed the film. I may well be biased as a Dane and a cycling fan, but I did think the screenplay and the (at times surprisingly experimental) direction delivered powerful moments over the course of the film.