Marie Kroyer
A celebrated Danish painter’s wife risks social status, family stability, and emotional security to reclaim an identity of her own.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- melancholic
- oppressive
- intimate
- quiet evening
- historical drama night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Marie is publicly idealized as P.S. Krøyer’s beautiful muse while struggling to maintain a self beyond his fame and illness.
Parties, champagne, luxury, and prestigious portraits contrast sharply with Krøyer’s violent fits and domestic instability.
Marie leaves for Italy seeking herself, yet remains emotionally divided by her love for Vibeke and concern for Krøyer.
The film’s world of portraits, elite gatherings, luxury interiors, and Mediterranean escape reflects its central painterly culture.
Films like Marie Kroyer, and why
Camille Claudel
shared focus on a famous artist’s spouse, social confinement, emotional repression, and period biographical drama
Colette
shared themes of marriage, artistic identity, female self-determination, and restrictive historical social expectations
The Danish Girl
shared period setting, troubled artistic relationship, painterly visual atmosphere, and intimate domestic conflict
Frida
shared biographical drama centered on a woman seeking autonomy amid destructive romantic and social pressures
Movie Details
- Director
- Bille August
- Release Date
- 2012-09-26
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (25)
Cast
- Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
- Søren Sætter-Lassen
- Sverrir Gudnason
- Lene Maria Christensen
- Tommy Kenter
- Nanna Buhl Andresen
- Vera Torpp Larsson
- Kurt Dreyer
- Anders Gjellerup Koch
- Mette Maria Ahrenkiel
Common questions
- What is Marie Kroyer about?
- A celebrated Danish painter’s wife risks social status, family stability, and emotional security to reclaim an identity of her own.
- What is Marie Kroyer like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Marie Kroyer as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Marie Kroyer violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Marie Kroyer as moderate.
- Which films are like Marie Kroyer?
- Films with a similar feel include Camille Claudel, Colette, The Danish Girl, and Frida.
- How long is Marie Kroyer?
- Marie Kroyer runs 103 minutes.
