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Apr 3, 2018 · Tied up on a raft, Redbad is pushed out to sea to die. But Redbad manages to survive the journey and washes up on Viking shores. There, he learns the value of his own culture. He is slowly ...
May 30, 2018 · REDBAD trailer. REDBAD - Vanaf 28 juni in de bioscoop - - Geregisseerd door: Roel Reiné - - Cast: Gijs Naber, Jonathan Banks, Loes Haverkort, Lisa Smit, Teun Kuilboer, Søren Malling, Derek de...
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Gijs Naber as Redbad, King of the FrisiansJonathan Banks as Pepin of HerstalHuub Stapel as AldgislSøren Malling as WihtlægCasting
In August 2017, Gijs Naber, was announced as the lead actor for this film and Huub Stapel would play Redbad's father Frysian king Aldgisl Soon afterwards it was confirmed that Derek de Lint, Egbert-Jan Weber, Loes Haverkort, Lisa Smit, Martijn Fischer, Tuin Keulboer, Aus Greidanus sr., Jack Wouterse, Renée Soutendijk and Birgit Schuurman where all cast and in October 2017 actor Jonathan Banksis cast for the film.
Filming
The film was shot in the prehistoric village-museum in Eindhoven, De Alde Feanen National Park, Ameland, Moddergat, the Wadden Sea, Denmark, the German city of Wallsbüll and the Bouillon Castle in Belgium. The film was shot in 42 days and used more than 10,000 extras, which is a record amount for a Dutch production. The final shooting day was on 19 November 2017. The sound for film movie was produced by Dolby Atmos. Before the film's release it was already sold to multiple countries and terri...
Trailer controversy
In May 2018, the producers of the film announced that YouTube and Facebookhad sent an email to them that they would not show the trailer of the film on their platforms because it was considered offensive to large groups of people. Producer Klaas de Jong also mentioned he got hundreds of angry mails from Christians who did not agree with their depiction of historical events.
Box office
The film premiered on 23 June 2018, in an open air screening on the Wilhelminasquare in Leeuwarden, as part of the celebrations around the European Capital of Culture, a week later, on 28 June, it was released in cinemas nationwide. After its first month it only earned €332,785 back from its 8 million euro budget, making it the biggest box office bomb in the country's history. The producers of the film claimed this was because the warm weather and World Cup kept the public outside of cinemas....
Critical response
The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews from the major Dutch newspapers. The Algemeen Dagblad said that everything in this movie takes too long, “the fight scenes, the introductions of the characters and the explanatory dialogue slow down the movie”. De Volkskrant gave it two stars, praising the fight scenes but finding the screenplay clearly lacking in logic and tension. NRC Handelsblad said the movie was weighed down by a very top-heavy screenplay and an over reliance on drama. Tr...
Historical inaccuracies
In an article by Asing Walthaus of the Leeuwarder Courant, historian Han Nijdam noted several historical inaccuracies. He pointed out that the castle in the film and the knights with chainmail armour are from the late middle ages and not from the early middle ages that the film depicts. He also complained that the film portrays the Frysians as barbarians in animal hides living in leaking huts even though it is proven that they lived in wooden houses with woven tapestrieson their walls. It was...
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Jun 27, 2018 · Redbad: Directed by Roel Reiné. With Gijs Naber, Lisa Smit, Huub Stapel, Derek de Lint. The power struggles and wars between the Frisian Redbad and his sworn enemy Pepin of Herstal, Lord of the Franks.
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- Action, Drama, History
- Roel Reiné
- 2018-06-27
Redbad Teaser Trailer 2018. Redbad Teaser December 2017. Extra’s Training
The road to freedom is paved in blood. From the director of epic fantasy favorite, Black Sail, and starring Breaking Bad’s Jonathan Banks is historical actioner Redbad the legend. It’s the year 754 AD – a time of epic battles and bloodshed.
