The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 (2007)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Jonatan Spang
as Erik Nietzsche
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David Dencik
as Zelko
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Søren Pilmark
as Mads
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Søren Malling
as Hans Jørgen
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Dejan Čukić
as Selkoff
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Troels Lyby
as Bent
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Carl Martin Norén
as Göran
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Therese Damsgaard
as Karin
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Mille Lehfeldt
as Margrethe
- Line Bie Rosenstjerne as Anna
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Malin Brolin-Tani
as Stine
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Lars von Trier
as Narrator (voice)
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Bodil Jørgensen
as Katrine Bonfils
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
as Sammy
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Paprika Steen
as Ursula Østdal
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Ditte Hansen
as Filosofilærer
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Jens Albinus
as Troels Højbjerg
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Christian Fuhlendorff
as Lille Fotograf
Crew
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Jacob Thuesen
Director
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Sebastian Blenkov
Director of Photography
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Per K. Kirkegaard
Editor
- Vincent D'Hondt Original Music Composer
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Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Producer
- Marie Gade Denessen Producer
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Lars von Trier
Screenplay