Copenhagen (2002 film)
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Copenhagen | |
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Based on | Copenhagen by Michael Frayn |
Screenplay by | Howard Davies |
Directed by | Howard Davies |
Starring | Francesca Annis Daniel Craig Stephen Rea |
Theme music composer | Dominic Muldowney |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Megan Callaway Richard Fell Simon Curtis (executive producer) |
Cinematography | Ian Wilson |
Editor | Kevin Lester |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production companies | BBC KCET |
Distributor | Image Entertainment PBS |
Release | |
Original release |
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Copenhagen is a 2002 British television drama film written and directed by Howard Davies, and starring Daniel Craig, Stephen Rea, and Francesca Annis. It is based on Michael Frayn's 1998 Tony Award-winning three-character play of the same name.[1]
Synopsis[]
The story concerns a meeting between the physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in Copenhagen in 1941 to discuss their work and past friendship, and also revolves around Heisenberg's role in the German atomic bomb program during World War II.
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Production[]
The film was produced by BBC Fictionlab for BBC Four, in association with KCET.
Release[]
The film was first broadcast on BBC Four on 26 September 2002, preceded by a prologue with Frayn, and followed by an epilogue by physicist Michio Kaku and a documentary on the historical events. It was broadcast in the United States on PBS (the Public Broadcasting Service) as part of the series Hollywood Presents.
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External links[]
- Copenhagen at IMDb
- Copenhagen at the TCM Movie Database
- Copenhagen at AllMovie
- 2002 television films
- British films
- British television films
- Films about nuclear war and weapons
- Films about Nobel laureates
- Biographical films about scientists
- British films based on plays
- 2002 films
- Niels Bohr
- Werner Heisenberg
- 2000s British film stubs
- Drama television film stubs