FALL OF KINGS / KONGERNES FALD

One-off creative documentary, 89 min., 2019

Fall of Kings illuminates a time, where the world of sport were made of the stuff of fairy tales, where anyone with the right determination could rise from the grime of the gutter and end up the king of speedway. This documentary is about the passion that lies behind the sport, about the smell of burning methanol and the sound of engines revving. It tells the story of a moment in the history of Denmark which coloured a decade as well as a nation. In the 1970s and 80s the uncrowned king of Danish speedway was Ole Olsen, but the two crown princes, Erik Gundersen and Hans Nielsen right behind him to be the next to take the throne.  The story of the unexpected rise of Danes on the International speedway scene is about the close relationships formed between three men, which turned from friendship to rivalry. The film takes on a dramatic journey driven by these men’s ambitions to be the best.

Director Mads Kamp Thulstrup

Cinematographer Henrik Bohn Ipsen, DFF

Editor Peter Winther

Sound Troels Kristensen

Composer Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Producer Vibeke Vogel

A Co-production with GotFat Productions

With the support of TV 2 Denmark/ Danish Film Institute/ Den VestDanske Filmpulje

With Ole Olsen, Erik Gundersen, Hans Nielsen, Jane Davies, Alice Nielsen, Helle Gundersen

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Kongernes fald dokumentar af Mads Kamp Thulstrup og Bullitt Film

Mads Kamp Thulstrup

Mads is a director, known for directing several episodes of the award winning and internationally acclaimed Danish TV-series "Bedrag / Follow the Money" (2015-16) and "Arvingerne / The Legacy" (2014). Prior to that Mads directed two episodes of the Emmy award winning TV-series "Livvagterne / The Protectors" (2009). His first feature, the documentary "... Og det var Danmark / Danish Dynamite" (2008) won the prestigious award "Best Feature-length Documentary" at Copenhagen International Documentary Festival CPH:DOX in 2008. The film opened in as many as 80 theatres across Denmark on May 9th 2008, an unbeaten record for a documentary film. Mads graduated from the National Film School of Denmark as a director in 2005.