I have never watched any Danish serial before. Nor have I known much about their colorful history. By mere chance I have come across this 8-episode Danish series made in 2014 and dedicated to the events of Second Schleswig War between Denmark and very aggressive Prussia.
The serial depicts several main characters staring from 1851 and coming to nowadays. We witness two brothers and their pals, loves and enemies in the turmoil of the war.
Well, the premises were promising. But unfortunately, many things went wrong and therefore the film suffered major setbacks. Very weak ending spoils almost all of the asset the serial has built before. What is also bad in the serial - well, rather pale female characters, rather hasted finale, very on the surface depiction of some family matters - this all makes the anyway great serial pretty faulty.
What was really good here - first, excellent depiction of all higher political echelons in both Denmark, Prussia and UK. The military routine is also shown perfectly well, almost up to the top notch. Military scenes are depicted so breathtakingly well that blood chills in the veins.
All typical human vices are also a very truthful point here - we see drunken, stealing, lying cowards and also witness nationalists in their frenzied zeal.
This all gives awesome promise, but weaker points bind the serial with heavy gyves and forces it to sink.
My opinion - almost 50/50 - in good and bad. But since this is a really interesting piece of cinematography, so it must be seen at least once
