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Duellen (1962)
Directed by Knud Leif Thomsen
Drama · 1h 37m
A sort of forerunner to Hollywood's Boogie Nights (1997), this Danish melodrama is set in the world of strip clubs. A medical student (Frits Helmuth) earns money for tuition working in a burlesque joint. He falls for one of the girls (Malene Schwarz), but she is also involved with a movie director (John Price). The director and Helmuth get into a philosophical debate about love and Darwinism, and the film ends with a duel (the film's title). Duellen was met with mostly incomprehension when it premiered and is no more lucid when viewed today. The striptease scene featuring full-frontal nudity is tame by modern standards.
Cast
Frits Helmuth
John Price
Axel Strøbye
Hans Kurt
Buster Larsen
Vera Gebuhr
Elith Pio
Poul Müller
Karl Stegger
Aage Winther-Jørgensen
Crew
- Director
- Knud Leif Thomsen
Details
- Release date
- 1962-02-09
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- DA
- Spoken languages
- Danish
- Countries
- Denmark
- Production
- Nordisk Film Denmark