Duellen

Duellen

🎞️ Movie 97 min DK
โ˜… 5.6 /10 1962

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
Frits Helmuth
Mikael
Malene Schwartz
Malene Schwartz
Tina
John Price
John Price
Claes
Axel Strøbye
Axel Strøbye
Basse
Hans Kurt
Hans Kurt
1. skuespiller
Buster Larsen
Buster Larsen
2. skuespiller
Vera Gebuhr
Vera Gebuhr
Lene
๐Ÿ‘ค
Albert Watson
Kampdommeren
๐Ÿ‘ค
Ulla Darni
Refrænsangerinden Sussy
Elith Pio
Elith Pio
Tinas morfar
๐Ÿ‘ค
Ib Glindemann
Composer
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Arne Abrahamsen
Cinematographer
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Henning Kristiansen
Cinematographer