Movie Cosmos - Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

Description:

In the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy and prosperous family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, this pious, upstanding man raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.

Top Cast >

Mads Mikkelsen

As Michael Kohlhaas

Mélusine Mayance

As Lisbeth

Delphine Chuillot

As Judith

Bruno Ganz

As The Governor

Denis Lavant

As The Theologist

David Kross

As The Preacher

Roxane Duran

As The Princess

Paul Bartel

As Jérémie

David Bennent

As César

Swann Arlaud

As The Baron

Sergi López

As The Armless

Amira Casar

As The Abbess

Jacques Nolot

As The Lawyer

Christian Chaussex

As The Manager

Jean-Louis Coulloc'h

As The Neighbor

Laurent Delbecque

As The Guard

Guillaume Delaunay

As The Giant

Richard Capelle

As Twin

Nicolas Capelle

As Twin

Damien Rigaud

Seth Sobopko

Bastien Ughetto

Claude Funkiewiez

Nicolas Oton

Monique Roussel

Cyril Champon

Victor Druet

Yves Bove

Stéphane Gatinet

Franck Contenti

Clément Lerosier

Raynaldo Houy

Laina Cuguen

Bernard Chevreul

Top Crew >

Arnaud des Pallières

Director

Reviews:

r96sk (7/10)

It's a good film, even though it could've been done far greater.

This does make for a quite pleasant two hours, it's a simple story and portrayed it quite an understated and straightforward way. While that is a positive, it is actually also a negative in a weird sorta way. As much as I enjoyed it, I still wanted much more from it; and I feel like it had greater in its locker.

Mads Mikkelsen as Michael Kohlhaas (apparently loosely based on real life Hans Kohlhase) is great casting and Mikkelsen puts in a performance of quality, though I personally believe a more commanding showing would've elevated the movie higher... but that's minor, as less in fairness still would work either way. The support cast are solid.

Two other parts that could've made this 2013 release stronger are the dialogue and the music. For the former, none of the conversations or speeches struck a memorable cord. For the latter, I wanted a proper movie score throughout as I think it would've suited things onscreen perfectly; thankfully, we do get a great piece of music at the end at least.

All in all, 'Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas' could've went up a few gears but what's there is still a good watch in my opinion.

2023-10-16