The Good Traitor (, "Our Man in America") is a 2020 Danish drama film about

Henrik Kauffmann Henrik Kauffmann (26 August 1888 – 5 June 1963) was the Danish ambassador to the United States during World War II, who signed over part of Greenland to the US. Career Kauffmann started his foreign career by serving as envoy in Rome, 1921� ...

and the signing of the Greenland treaty with the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

after the

Nazi occupation of Denmark The German invasion of Denmark (), was the German attack on Denmark on 9 April 1940, during the World War II, Second World War. The attack was a prelude to the Norwegian campaign, invasion of Norway (, 9 April – 10 June 1940). Denmark's stra ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Cast

Ulrich Thomsen Ulrich Thomsen (born 6 December 1963) is a Danish actor and filmmaker, known for his role of Christian in the 1998 film '' The Celebration'' and for the role of Kai Proctor in the Cinemax original series ''Banshee'' (2013–2016). Early and per ...

Denise Gough Denise Gough ( ; born 28 February 1980) is an Irish actress. On television, she is best known for her roles in the BBC Two crime drama '' Paula'' (2017), the ITV miniseries '' Too Close'' (2021) and the Disney+ series '' Andor'' (2022–2025). H ...

as Charlotte Kauffmann *

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard Mikkel is a Danish boy given name, equivalent of the English name Michael. It may refer to: *Mikkel Ødelien (1893–1984), Norwegian soil researcher * Mikkel Aaland (born 1952), award-winning American photographer * Mikkel Andersen (disambiguatio ...

Povl Bang-Jensen Povl Bang-Jensen (6 April 1909 – 25 November 1959) was a Danish diplomat who refused to hand over a list of eighty-one witnesses to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 to his UN superiors. It is thought that he considered their identities sensit ...

Zoë Tapper Zoë Tapper (born 26 October 1981) is an English actress who first came to prominence playing Nell Gwynne in Richard Eyre's award-winning film ''Stage Beauty'' in 2004. She is known for portraying Anya Raczynski in ''Survivors'', and Mina Har ...

as Zilla Sears *

Burn Gorman Burn Hugh Gorman (born 1 September 1974) is an English actor. He is known for his television roles as Owen Harper in the BBC series ''Torchwood'' (2006–2008), Karl Tanner in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2013–14), Major Edmund Hewle ...

as Berle *

Henry Goodman Henry Goodman (born 23 April 1950) is a RADA trained British actor. He has appeared on television and radio, in film and in the theatre. Early life He attended the Central Foundation Boys' School and joined the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Lo ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served ...

* as *

Ross McCall Ross McCall (born 13 January 1976) is a Scottish actor best known for his roles as T-5 Joseph Liebgott in the miniseries '' Band of Brothers'' (2001) and Matthew Keller in the series ''White Collar'' (2010–2014). In 1989, he played the child ...

Mason Sears Philip Mason Sears (born December 29, 1899 — December 13, 1973) was an American politician and diplomat who served as an ambassador, member of the Massachusetts General Court, and the Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party. Personal lif ...

Pixie Davies Pixie Love Davies (born 9 December 2006) is a British actress. Born and raised in England, she began her career in 2012, starring in the BBC's '' The Secret of Crickley Hall''. After making her film debut in '' Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger'' ...

as Poppin Sears * Amber Fernée as Tilda Kauffmann * Rosemary Aburrow as Lisa Kauffmann *

Søren Sætter-Lassen Søren Sætter-Lassen (born 11 July 1955) is a Danish stage, film and television actor. Early life and education Sætter-Lassen attended Tranegårdskolen in Gentofte and Gentofte State School, graduating in 1973. From 1975 to 1978, he traine ...

as *

Nicholas Blane Nicholas Blane is an English actor. Career He is best known for his roles in stage productions such as '' Year of the Rat'', '' See How They Run'' and ''Democracy''. He has appeared in numerous British television and film projects, including ...

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, ...

* as Lauring * Henrik Noël Olesen as Arno * as Statsminister Buhl * Scott Alexander Young as General Hobbs * Robert Jackson as Real Estate Agent

Reception

On review aggregator website

Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee ...

, ''The Good Traitor'' holds an approval rating of based on reviews.

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

complimented, ''The Good Traitor'' "shows how the energies of public and private worlds course back and forth".

Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont * ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...

was less complimentary, "Fascinating backroom politics circa WWII are undermined by banal marital melodrama in Danish director

Christina Rosendahl Christina Rosendahl (born 5 January 1971) is a Danish film director. A nominee for several Robert Awards, she is known for her work on the films '' Supervoksen'' (2007), ''The Idealist'' (2015), and '' The Good Traitor'' (2020). Biography Christ ...

's ''The Good Traitor'', resulting in a so-so period drama that raises more questions than it answers."

References

External links

* 2020 films 2020 drama films Danish drama films 2020s Danish-language films 2020s English-language films Films set in the 1940s 2020 multilingual films Danish multilingual films Films directed by Christina Rosendahl {{2010s-drama-film-stub