Stealing Rembrandt - claws for beginners

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Movie
German title Stealing Rembrandt - Claws For Beginners
Original title Rembrandt
Country of production Denmark
original language Danish
Publishing year 2003
length 108 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Jannik Johansen
script Jannik Johansen,
Anders Thomas Jensen
production Thomas Gammeltoft
music Antony Genn
camera Eric Kress
cut Per K. Kirkegaard
occupation

Stealing Rembrandt - Klauen For Beginners is a Danish detective comedy from 2003 . Inspired by a true story, the film tells of four men who accidentally steal a valuable painting from the museum and want to sell it again.

action

The policeman Bæk once again caught Mick making illegal money with junk, far from the law. Mick can escape from the crime scene, but after realizing that no escape is possible, the next day he faces the police, confesses and goes to jail for a few months. On entering the prison he meets his son Tom, who is about to be released and is on his way to see his cousin Jimmy in order to plan and carry out a new theft with him. Tom's cellmate, a businessman, pays him 70,000 crowns if he manages to steal a painting by his great-grandmother from the museum. But unfortunately the attempt fails; neither of them can be seen in the museum anymore, which is why they are looking for someone trustworthy enough to carry out this theft.

When Mick is released after a few months, he's the one supposed to do it. And for 15,000 crowns he goes to a museum with his best friend, the gambling addict Kenneth, and steals the painting. But unfortunately it is the wrong one, because it is a "Lady with a Carnation", a real Rembrandt , which is worth over 100 million crowns. After that, the entire police are after them. Mick and his cronies now face the choice of either burning the picture or selling it as quickly as possible. You find a rich Japanese buyer who wants to pay 12 million crowns and hope that this deal will go through quickly. But it never comes to that, because Bæk has hired two very brutal Englishmen, Nigel and Tobi, who try to use rabid methods to track down Mick and his friends, which is why they had to take out the Japanese.

Nigel and Tobi also pose as potential buyers and offer 20 million crowns for the picture. The handover of the money is in a hotel, which is monitored by Bæk. Bæk is surprised and disappointed that it is Mick who stole the famous Rembrandt. He worries that something bad could happen to Mick, but he knows what to do, because when the painting is then handed over to the scrapyard, Mick, Kenneth and Tom manage not only to outsmart the English, but also the money bag and keep the painting.

That leads to great cheers for Tom, but Mick explains that he wants to face again, despite the large amount of money he sees no realistic escape route; after all, he doesn't want to live in constant fear of being caught at some point. He himself wants to use the money and the painting to negotiate a deal with Bæk that he and everyone else can stay free. But as much as Bæk seems interested, Interpol is already involved and the media interest is too great to not be able to present a guilty party, which is why at least two of the four would have to go to prison. And after some discussions, Tom and Mick, as father and son, decide together to serve the five-year prison sentence. In the last scene you can see in retrospect how Jimmy had the Rembrandt forged and now looks at the original.

criticism

“The ludicrous rogue comedy is set against the background of the dreary Danish everyday life and its subject is not just for pure genre cinema, but also describes the tragicomic cosmos of its anti-heroes warm-heartedly and with sympathy. Intelligent entertainment with a forgiving ending that effortlessly balances emotions and subdued action. "

- Lexicon of international film

“It is disappointing that 'Stealing Rembrandt' - so much should be revealed - finally escapes its extensive entanglements with a handle in the family stirring cabinet. Otherwise, the actors have to be praised in this neatly crafted film, just as one has to criticize a dubbing director who disfigures their performances beyond recognition. Maybe Danish just doesn't get along well with the German language. It's still annoying because 'Stealing Rembrandt' is a film that relies entirely on the charm of its characters and their social characteristics. And nothing is left of it if everyone just speaks in the same snotty tone. "

- Silvia Hallensleben : Der Tagesspiegel

“Stealing Rembrandt - Klauen for Beginners is a wonderful, comical thriller that surprises again and again mainly because of its excellent actors, the best that Denmark has to offer. The plot also has bizarre twists and turns - right up to the last moment. For friends of Scandinavian comedies of the Elling or Kitchen Stories type , Stealing Rembrandt is a must. "

- kino-zeit.de

background

On January 29, 1999, four men stole both a Rembrandt and a Bellini , which were hanging completely unsecured on the wall of the art museum in Nivaagaard. According to individual reports from the international art scene, all four men were caught in August 1999 and sentenced to several years in prison. Johnny Michael Ramkvist, Kim Allan Skydsgaard Holm and Brian Carlo Holm were sentenced to five, four and three years in prison, respectively. The maximum sentence was six years. The film deals with both the motives and the background, such as the engagement of the British bounty hunters who pretended to be civilians, relatively accurately. However, two of the robbers were not father and son, but uncle and nephew.

Awards

publication

After the film celebrated its world premiere on May 17, 2003 at the Cannes International Film Festival , it opened in Danish cinemas on September 5, 2003. The film opened in German cinemas on August 12, 2004 and has been available on DVD since December 22, 2004 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Approval for Stealing Rembrandt - Claws for Beginners . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , June 2004 (PDF; test number: 98 529 K).
  2. ↑ Sivlia Hallensleben: caper comedy from Denmark: "Stealing Rembrandt - claws for Beginners" ; on tagesspiegel.de from August 12, 2004, accessed on December 25, 2011
  3. ↑ Stealing Rembrandt - Claws For Beginners ; at kino-zeit.de , accessed on December 25, 2011
  4. ↑ Anders Tystrup: Hårde domme til Rembrandt-banden ; at bt.dk on February 10, 2001 (Danish), accessed on December 25, 2011