
Film
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
2007 · 1h 31m · Comedy · Drama
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Overview
Erik Nietzsche is an intelligent but in many ways inexperienced shy young man who is convinced that he wants to be a film director. In the late 1970s, Erik is accepted by the Danish National Film School where he enters a world of angry and unhelpful tutors, weird fellow students and unwritten rules. In this both exhilarating and angst-provoking period for him, Erik feels increasingly like a foreigner in the film industry. Frequently, he is merely an observer of the absurdities that surround him. He encounters trade union disputes, falls in love and experiences self-assured empowered women who refuse to make a commitment. The film is a drama full of comedy - a sharp portrait of a conceited but entertaining world of film which we suspect our dogged young director will eventually conquer with his vision.
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Cast

Jonatan Spang
Erik Nietzsche

David Dencik
Zelko

Søren Pilmark
Mads

Søren Malling
Hans Jørgen

Dejan Čukić
Selkoff

Troels Lyby
Bent

Carl Martin Norén
Göran

Therese Damsgaard
Karin

Mille Lehfeldt
Margrethe
Line Bie Rosenstjerne
Anna

Malin Brolin-Tani
Stine

Lars von Trier
Narrator (voice)

Bodil Jørgensen
Katrine Bonfils

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Sammy

Paprika Steen
Ursula Østdal

Ditte Hansen
Filosofilærer
Crew
- Jacob ThuesenDirector
- Lars von TrierScreenplay
- Sisse Graum JørgensenProducer
- Marie Gade DenessenProducer
- Peter Aalbæk JensenExecutive Producer
- Peter GardeExecutive Producer
- Sebastian BlenkovDirector of Photography
- Vincent D'HondtOriginal Music Composer
- Per K. KirkegaardEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- December 25, 2007
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Danish
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
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