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Good and Evil

Good and Evil

1975•1h 20m•5.1/10
Documentary

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5.1/10(7)

Jørgen Leth can squeeze poetry from a stone and wit from dust, and he can find love where the milk of human kindness runs dry. In a series of tableaux of Life in Denmark, he carries absurdism to a happy extreme. To act out his minuscule non-dramas, he uses a motley crew of professional actors like Ghita Nørby and Claus Nissen, writer Dan Turéll plus a snake charmer, a bicycle racer and a circus queen.

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Production

Jørgen Leth Film, Det Danske Filminstitut

Language

DA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Claus Nissen

Claus Nissen

Ulla Gottlieb

Ulla Gottlieb

Ghita Nørby

Ghita Nørby

Holger Juul Hansen

Holger Juul Hansen

Anniqa

Anniqa

Ulf Pilgaard

Ulf Pilgaard

Lars Knutzon

Lars Knutzon

Kirsten Peüliche

Kirsten Peüliche

Ditte Maria Wiberg

Ove Brusendorff

Jørgen Reenberg

Jørgen Reenberg

Ib Mossin

Ib Mossin

Sven-Ole Thorsen

Sven-Ole Thorsen

Diana Benneweis

Asger Leth

Asger Leth

Jørgen Leth

Jørgen Leth

Narrator

Ann-Mari Max Hansen

Ann-Mari Max Hansen

Hans Jørgen Jacobsen

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