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Erik Nietzsche The Early Years  {Erik Nietzsche de unge ar}

Erik Nietzsche The Early Years

Written and narrated by Lars von Trier, this semi-autobiographical creation pays profane tribute to his nation's film industry … and to frustrated film students worldwide. Editor-turned-director Thuesen hasn't made a happy film, but in depicting the transformation of a “friendly person" into an enfant terrible, he's made a painfully funny one.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Jacob Thuesen
Producer: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Marie Gade
Editor: Per K. Kirkegaard
Screenwriter: Lars von Trier
Cinematographer: Sebastian Blenkov

Music: Vincent D'Hondt
Principal Cast: Jonatan Spang, Carl Martin Norén, Therese Damsgaard, David Dencik, Line Bie Rosenstjerne, Paprika Steen
Filmography: Freeway (2005 - doc); Accused (2005); Under New York (1997 - doc)

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    A winning comedy about an unknown filmmaker we all know, May 17, 2008

    By Peter Schepelern

    “Erik Nietzsche, who is credited with the screenplay, will not be familiar to most. Then again, he does bear a striking resemblance – even down to a characteristic knit cap – to the central figure in recent Danish cinema, Lars von Trier, who, it just so happens, attended the National Film School” … full review

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Screenings

Uptown Cinema
June 7, 2008 9:00 PM
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June 8, 2008 4:15 PM
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