Good and Evil (1975)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 20M

Director : Jørgen Leth

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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
Ditte Maria Wiberg
Ove Brusendorff
Ove Brusendorff
Jørgen Reenberg
Jørgen Reenberg
Ib Mossin
Ib Mossin
Sven-Ole Thorsen
Sven-Ole Thorsen
Diana Benneweis
Diana Benneweis
Asger Leth
Asger Leth
Jørgen Leth
Jørgen Leth
Narrator
Ann-Mari Max Hansen
Ann-Mari Max Hansen
Hans Jørgen Jacobsen
Hans Jørgen Jacobsen

Crews

Jørgen Leth
Jørgen Leth
Director
Henning Camre
Henning Camre
Director of Photography
Jørgen Leth
Jørgen Leth
Writer
Gunner Møller Pedersen
Gunner Møller Pedersen
Music
Franz Ernst
Franz Ernst
Editor
Ann Bierlich
Ann Bierlich
Assistant Director
Nina Crone
Nina Crone
Production Manager

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