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The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 (2007)

★ 4.7/10 91 min Comedy, Drama France, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, Austria Danish
Director: Jacob Thuesen
Screenplay by: Lars von Trier
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Jonatan Spang
Jonatan Spang Erik Nietzsche
David Dencik
David Dencik Zelko
Søren Pilmark
Søren Pilmark Mads
Søren Malling
Søren Malling Hans Jørgen
Dejan Čukić
Dejan Čukić Selkoff
Troels Lyby
Troels Lyby Bent
Carl Martin Norén
Carl Martin Norén Göran
Therese Damsgaard
Therese Damsgaard Karin

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