Duellen

7.2 (5 votes)• 1962• 97m•Released

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A sort of forerunner to Hollywood's Boogie Nights (1997), this Danish melodrama is set in the world of strip clubs. A medical student (Frits Helmuth) earns money for tuition working in a burlesque joint. He falls for one of the girls (Malene Schwarz), but she is also involved with a movie director (John Price). The director and Helmuth get into a philosophical debate about love and Darwinism, and the film ends with a duel (the film's title). Duellen was met with mostly incomprehension when it premiered and is no more lucid when viewed today. The striptease scene featuring full-frontal nudity is tame by modern standards.

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Languages: Danish

Director: Knud Leif Thomsen

Starring Cast: Frits Helmuth, John Price, Axel Strøbye, Hans Kurt, Buster Larsen, Vera Gebuhr

Cast

Frits Helmuth

John Price

Axel Strøbye

Hans Kurt

Buster Larsen

Vera Gebuhr

Albert Watson

Ulla Darni

Elith Pio

Poul Müller

Karl Stegger

Aage Winther-Jørgensen

Minna Jørgensen

Poul Thomsen

Knud Rex

Maxine

Malene Schwartz

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