Based on the true story of a bank robbery in Denmark, The Quiet Ones is a new heist film from director Frederik Louis Hviid. The film tells the story of a group of men who managed to pull the biggest bank robbery in Danish history.
The Quiet Ones had its world premiere at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival and its US premiere at the 2024 Palm Springs International Film Festival. It was released in Denmark late last year on October 31, 2024. The film stars Reda Kateb, Gustav Giese, and Amanda Collin.
Release Date
Directed by Frederik Louis Hviid, The Quiet Ones opens in theaters and on VOD on February 21, 2025.
Synopsis
In 2008, a group of men from Denmark and across Europe pulled off the biggest heist of all time on Danish soil. Kasper, a boxer with few chances left in life, is offered the opportunity to plan the robbery by its foreign initiators. At the risk of losing his family and everything that matters to him, he takes on the challenge in a bid to break all records and secure his place in the history books.
The Quiet Ones is a suspenseful action thriller depicting a team of ambitious and uncompromising criminals who all share the same goal: To achieve the impossible— despite great obstacles and personal costs. This is the story of the biggest and most spectacular heist in Danish history, and the lengthy and risky preparations required to pull it off. The film is inspired by real events.
Reviews
Jared Mobarak in a The Film Stage review gave the film a score of B, writing, “The Quiet Ones does well to ensure we know the motivations of each major player from the start. – August’s script deserves much credit––a lot needs to be made known during preparations for what occurs to make sense. That none of it feels forced is no small feat. It helps that Hviid shoots the heist with urgency, getting into the action with close-ups that put these thieves’ emotions on-screen. We have little time to search for holes. Slimani is playing lookout with a Kalashnikov itching to go off; Kasper is conducting his plan without deviation, despite some missteps; Hasse (Christopher Wagelin) is readying to improvise regardless of jeopardizing everything in the process; and Maria is ignoring orders to wait for the police’s arrival because acting now might prevent the robbers from fleeing the scene.”
David Ehrlich in an IndieWire review gave the film a C+, writing, “Needless to say, “The Quiet Ones” — its title alluding to the demeanor of its protagonist, as well as to the unmarked bills he’s trying to steal — is more interested in process than character detail. Emulating the terseness of a Jules Dassin heist thriller while largely eschewing the coolness that tends to come with it, Hviid drills into the nitty-gritty details of the robbery until any sense of moral judgment has seeped out of the equation. It’s unclear if Kasper is made to feel more desperate by the looming threat of the global financial crisis (even though it hovers over the movie with the obviousness of an imminent hurricane), but this isn’t a crime story about a good man who’s forced to make bad choices so much as it’s a veiled tragedy about the need for belonging.”
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer for The Quiet Ones.
