Duellen
19621h 37m7.2
Drama
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genre
- Drama
- Origin
- Denmark
About
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.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Knud Leif Thomsen
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Feb 9, 1962
- Studio
- Nordisk Film Denmark
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