Danish Literature

Danish Literature

Dansk litteratur
🎞️ Movie 44 min DK
โ˜… 5.1 /10 1989

Jørgen Leth's personal, pleasurable distillation of Danish literature covers seven poets alive at the time of production and twenty classical poets. A handful of actors share readings of the classical texts in semi close ups against a dark background; the living poets read their own works. One untraditional choice is that the living poets are only heard, while the screen shows their silent portraits shot in their own settings. The visuals also consist of landscape paintings and portraits of the classical poets, filmic landscapes, and more specifically a series of pictures of Danish landscapes shot from a train window during 'the golden hour'. Herman D. Koppel composed a series of short pieces for the cello for the soundtrack.

Direction
Screenplay

Cast

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Inger Christensen
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Per Højholt
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Erik Knudsen
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Self
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Peter Laugesen
Self
Self
Preben Lerdorff Rye
Preben Lerdorff Rye
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Self
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Svend Åge Madsen
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Self
Erik Mørk
Erik Mørk
Self
Self
Ulf Pilgaard
Ulf Pilgaard
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Self
Birgitte Price
Birgitte Price
Self
Self
Jørgen Reenberg
Jørgen Reenberg
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Self
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Herman D. Koppel
Composer
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Dan Holmberg
Cinematographer
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Inger Christensen
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Per Højholt