The Boys from St. Petri (1991)

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I was eager to see this film for a long time, as it is the 1st film role and breakthrough of one of the best contemporary Danish actors Nikolaj Lie Kaas. Appearance-wise, he has not changed much, and his distinctive performance was noticeable back then already (for being Otto, he won two important awards in Denmark). Pity and odd, that other young performers have not become so famous (apart from that Tomas Villum Jensen who played Lars Balstrup, the leading character, has turned into talented film-maker). But as for them playing adult roles, we see them still in the most famous Danish series today: Bent Mejding, Helle Merete Sørensen, Morten Suurballe... As regards the script - based on real events - I had somewhat higher expectations. At times, it lacks evenness and contains scenes not providing additional value. Sometimes German occupiers seem just evil teachers to play pranks with, thus the motifs to begin with sabotage is somewhat vague - as German occupation in Denmark was rather mild in comparison with other countries. The ending could have been less trivial as well.Nevertheless, Drengene fra Sankt Petri is a more-than-okay film, and it a must for admirers of NLK's talents; there, it all began...

In 1942, in Denmark, a group of students gathers to perform acts of sabotage against the German forces. In the end, they are arrested, but in accordance with the final credits of the movie, it was the act of arresting a group of young men in Aalborg the trigger that initiated the resistance against Germans in Denmark. This is a good movie, with a great direction and cast, specially of Nikolai Lie Kaas. The VHS released in Brazil has some problem in the edition, since sometimes the images are too close and we do not have a periphery view of the scene, like for example in a widescreen edition. I am not familiarized with the good Danish actors and actresses, but all of them have a great performance. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): 'Heróis da Resistência' ('Heroes From the Resistance')

A movie that really touched me, and at the same time had a morale.Some Boys in Denmark try to fight the Nazis, and the movie, is all about theyre fight against "the force".Some great acting - especially Nikolaj Lie Kaas are doing a great job. Good directing to.