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Good and Evil

May 26, 1975
1h 20m
★ 4.8

Overview

Jørgen Leth can squeeze poetry from a stone and wit from dust, and he can find love where the milk of human kindness runs dry. In a series of tableaux of Life in Denmark, he carries absurdism to a happy extreme. To act out his minuscule non-dramas, he uses a motley crew of professional actors like Ghita Nørby and Claus Nissen, writer Dan Turéll plus a snake charmer, a bicycle racer and a circus queen.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Jørgen Leth Film
Det Danske Filminstitut

Cast

Claus Nissen

Claus Nissen

Ulla Gottlieb

Ulla Gottlieb

Ghita Nørby

Ghita Nørby

Holger Juul Hansen

Holger Juul Hansen

Anniqa

Anniqa

Ulf Pilgaard

Ulf Pilgaard

Lars Knutzon

Lars Knutzon

Kirsten Peüliche

Kirsten Peüliche

Ditte Maria Wiberg

Ditte Maria Wiberg

Ove Brusendorff

Ove Brusendorff

Jørgen Reenberg

Jørgen Reenberg

Ib Mossin

Ib Mossin

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