Film

Krag-filmen

1969 · 16m · Documentary

The ABCinema group dispatched Jørgen Leth to make the arrangements with Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag, who good-naturedly put himself at their disposal. Relaxing on a bench in the garden of Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Krag is scrutinised by camera-wielding collective members almost like a model in a life-drawing class. Every possible angle, distance and framing is tried. The result is an image of the prime minister that is both fragmented and multi-facetted, describing his visual appearance as a man and an icon. At the same time, the ABCinema members film each other filming Krag, which gives the film a highly self-reflective character. Like "The Deer Garden," this is a film about a film being filmed. A showdown with the documentary portrait genre, "Jens Otto Krag" is devised according to the principle of keeping the material alive by not editing it but randomly piecing it together. (DFI)

Jens Otto Krag

• Jørgen LethDirector of Photography · Director
• Ole JohnDirector of Photography · Director
• Stig BrøggerDirector of Photography
• Peter Louis-JensenDirector of Photography
• Franz ErnstDirector of Photography
• Bjørn NørgaardDirector of Photography
• John DavidsenDirector of Photography
• Erik ThygesenDirector of Photography
• Allan De WaalDirector of Photography
• Niels SchwalbeDirector of Photography

Release date

January 1, 1969

Status

Released

Original language

Danish

Runtime

16m

Genres

Documentary