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The concept of civic freedom does not quite fill out the role as the primary player in this film. Many top class actors and actresses of the time star in this film, but unfortunately it is still a hopelessly boring film.

The story is basically that of the road to democracy in Denmark. Political prisoners, the middle classes and the kings all contribute to the story, but it lacks passion and coherence. Capturing more than ten years of political turbulence within the time frame of a feature film and maintaining the main thread apparently failed the writers and the director of this film.

If you have the slightest interest in how the Danish Constitution came to be and what the political landscape looked like at that time, this film couldn't tell that story in a much more charming way. The atmosphere could almost have been taken out of a Dickens story, and the actors couldn't be better. We meet some great and very entertaining characters. The film tries to a large extent to be mainly just true to realty. In my view that is both its strength and its weakness, since I would have needed some deeper layers added in order for me to give it more than a 7/10 rating.