1864 (TV series)

1864
GenreWar drama
Created byOle Bornedal
Written byOle Bornedal
Directed byOle Bornedal
StarringPilou Asbæk
Jakob Oftebro
Marie Tourell Søderberg
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Søren Malling
Jens Sætter-Lassen
Nicolas Bro
Johannes Lassen
Sarah-Sofie Boussnina
Bent Mejding
ComposerMarco Beltrami
Country of originDenmark
Original languagesDanish
German
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducersJonas Allen
Peter Bose
CinematographyDan Laustsen
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkDR1
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1864 is a 2014 Danish television historical war drama series written and directed by Ole Bornedal. It is based on two books by Tom Buk-Swienty about the Second Schleswig War of 1864 between Denmark and an alliance of Prussia and Austria which ended in defeat for Denmark and the loss of a quarter of its territory to Prussia. It follows two brothers from a remote village on Funen who enlist in the Danish army just before the outbreak of war, and experience the horrors of combat in Schleswig. It also features actual historical figures such as Danish prime minister D. G. Monrad and Prussian prime minister Otto von Bismarck. It was the most expensive Danish TV series to be made to date.