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The Thralls

1978 · 84 min

A stark, quietly grim animated chronicle of hardship among the powerless, told with plain historical seriousness rather than spectacle.

Directed by
Jannik Hastrup
Genres
Animation
Starring
Otto Brandenburg, Birgit Brüel, Ingrid Oustrup Jensen
Overview
A story about the thrall boy Halte who is being sacrificed to the Gods after he tries to kill a rich man.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Jannik Hastrup
Genres
Animation
Starring
Otto Brandenburg, Birgit Brüel, Ingrid Oustrup Jensen
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • class
    • power
    • violence
    • survival
    • justice
    Places
    • countryside
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • animated
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism5
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    animation
    Directed by
    Jannik Hastrup
    Written by
    Jannik Hastrup
    Starring
    Otto Brandenburg, Birgit Brüel, Ingrid Oustrup Jensen, Jesper Klein, Hans Kragh-Jacobsen, Hermod Knudsen, Lone Lindorff
    Runtime
    84 min
    Country
    Denmark
    Languages
    Danish

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