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Stars and the Water Carriers (1974)
Directed by Jørgen Leth
“Belgian legend Eddy Merckx and the Spanish mountain specialist José Manuel Fuente”
Documentary · 1h 31m
The images from the Tour de France in the television production Eddy Merckx in the Vincinity of a Cup of Coffee may be seen as a small sketch for the fully unfurled epic cycling drama Stars and Watercarriers. The film follows the 1973 Giro d'Italia and in his commentary Leth explains the fascination exerted by the great cycle races: "The most beautiful, most pathetic images cycling can give us involve extreme performances in classic terrain."
Cast
Eddy Merckx
Crew
- Director
- Jørgen Leth
- Writer
- Jørgen Leth
- Director of Photography
- Dan Holmberg
Details
- Original title
- Stjernerne og Vandbærerne
- Release date
- 1974-08-14
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DA
- Spoken languages
- Danish
- Countries
- Denmark