
The Miracle in Valby
Seen it?1989 | 80 min | Family, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for fantasy fans, adventure fans and families. If you loved Interstellar or Star Trek, start here.
- The mood
- Feel-good, mind-bending.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 20 min.
- What might put you off
- No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
- It's in Danish, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
14 year old Sven is a technical genius, who has rebuilt an old caravan into a radio communication center. Via radio he is in contact with his father, who works at a big ship at the other side of the globe. One day the radio communication is suddenly interrupted by something which sounds like a Latin mass. In school Sven attends a lesson about radio-astronomy. The teacher explains that astronomers can receive radio waves that are thousand years old. Sven understands that the Latin mass he heard was transmitted to him from another age. He gets curious and starts making experiments by connecting his radio kit to bigger aerials. When he sits in the caravan together with his friends Bo and Petra, they not only hear the Latin mass on his radio, but the whole caravan is turned into a time-machine that brings them to the Middle Ages. They get in trouble with some warriors, who capture Petra, while Sven and Bo escape with the help of their time-machine...
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 817 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Åke Sandgren
- Jakob KatzSven
- Troels AsmussenBo
- Lina EnglundPetra
- Amalie Ihle AlstrupHanna
- Gregers ReimannPojken i medeltiden
- Ingvar HirdwallPetra's Father
- Mona SeilitzPetra's Mother
- Jens Okking
- Karen-Lise Mynster
- Peter Hesse Overgaard