This movie is almost too non-sentimental and too strong to be viewed in one sitting. It held me in an irongrip very second, from the very beinning.
To watch one of the maincharacters - the icecold executor of goverment authority and of the capital, shoving people from their homes in the cold winternights without mercy - it was a mix there between Charles Dickens and Karl Marx. But without any Dickensisk warmth and humanity.
Dreverhaven showed no mercy for anyone, not even his only child. The little boy getting spat at in school, being called BASTARD from his very childhood, the silent overly proud mother, never showing any love or affection. What bleak upbringing.
No wonder his workplace meant so much to Jacob - it was the only place he was treated as a human being. There were also many good people, focus on his goodhearted mentor Stroomkoning and the sweet miss te George.
But Jacob is, because of his heritage, driven to compete with his father - why he had to loan money from the bloodsucking vampire is not quite comprehensible to me. Jacob probably could have borrowed money from others - but NO! he had to make a as bad deal as possible.
If you can stomach poverty and hearts with no love in them - watch this film - a gripping fantastic story - I´d say it needs several viweings, for full understanding of the story. SO much is said in the film without words nor great theatrical gestures. 10/10
To watch one of the maincharacters - the icecold executor of goverment authority and of the capital, shoving people from their homes in the cold winternights without mercy - it was a mix there between Charles Dickens and Karl Marx. But without any Dickensisk warmth and humanity.
Dreverhaven showed no mercy for anyone, not even his only child. The little boy getting spat at in school, being called BASTARD from his very childhood, the silent overly proud mother, never showing any love or affection. What bleak upbringing.
No wonder his workplace meant so much to Jacob - it was the only place he was treated as a human being. There were also many good people, focus on his goodhearted mentor Stroomkoning and the sweet miss te George.
But Jacob is, because of his heritage, driven to compete with his father - why he had to loan money from the bloodsucking vampire is not quite comprehensible to me. Jacob probably could have borrowed money from others - but NO! he had to make a as bad deal as possible.
If you can stomach poverty and hearts with no love in them - watch this film - a gripping fantastic story - I´d say it needs several viweings, for full understanding of the story. SO much is said in the film without words nor great theatrical gestures. 10/10