- Source: Duellen
Duellen (The Duel) is a 1962 Danish drama film directed by Knud Leif Thomsen. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.
Cast
Frits Helmuth - Mikael
Malene Schwartz - Tina
John Price - Claes
Axel Strøbye - Basse
Hans Kurt - Player 1
Buster Larsen - Player 2
Vera Gebuhr - Lene
Albert Watson - Match Referee
Ulla Darni - Chorus Singer Sussy
Elith Pio - Tina's grandfather
Poul Müller - Professor
Karl Stegger - Overseer
Aage Winther-Jørgensen - Blood donor
Minna Jørgensen - Nurse
Paul Thomsen - Servant
Knud Rex - Conference attendee
Setting
This film came about whilst in Denmark, there was an intense debate whether censorship should remain and meddle in, what (foreign) classic erotic literature could be translated and published together with similar upcoming domestic works, or which age group could be considered allowed to watch films of interest to youth.
Synopsis and critics reception
The story is a classic triangle drama about Mikael, a medicine student, who the casual liberal man he thinks he is, works extra at a strip club, where he meets and falls in love with Tina. She dreams of a film career, and works extra as an assistant and mistress for an older cynical film director Claes. When Mikael finds out, confused and hurt, he rather surprisingly challenges Claes to a duel.
The film received positive reviews for being the first Danish film in a long time to believe in something and shed light on moral and social issues of the time.
References
External links
Duellen at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Knud Leif Thomsen
- John Price
- Frits Helmuth
- Minna Jørgensen
- Poul Müller
- Vera Gebuhr
- Poul Thomsen
- Axel Strøbye
- Duellen
- 1976 Swedish general election
- John Price (Danish actor)
- List of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episodes
- Malene Schwartz
- 2021 Greenlandic general election
- Torfinn Haukås
- Knud Leif Thomsen
- Peter Weiss
- Axel Strøbye
