Copenhagen (2002 film) explained

Screenplay:Howard Davies
Director:Howard Davies
Starring:Francesca Annis
Daniel Craig
Stephen Rea
Theme Music Composer:Dominic Muldowney
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English
Producer:Megan Callaway
Richard Fell
Executive Producer:Simon Curtis
Editor:Kevin Lester
Cinematography:Ian Wilson
Runtime:90 minutes
Company:BBC
KCET

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.

Cast

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.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.pbs.org/hollywoodpresents/copenhagen/id/id_play_1.html Copenhagen | PBS: Copenhagen - Playwright Michael Frayn