The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1

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Erik Nietzsche is an intelligent but in many ways inexperienced shy young man who is convinced that he wants to be a film director. In the late 1970s, Erik is accepted by the Danish National Film School where he enters a world of angry and unhelpful tutors, weird fellow students and unwritten rules. In this both exhilarating and angst-provoking period for him, Erik feels increasingly like a foreigner in the film industry. Frequently, he is merely an observer of the absurdities that surround him. He encounters trade union disputes, falls in love and experiences self-assured empowered women who refuse to make a commitment. The film is a drama full of comedy - a sharp portrait of a conceited but entertaining world of film which we suspect our dogged young director will eventually conquer with his vision.

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Creators

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Jacob Thuesen

director

Lars Von Trier

writer

Cast

Jonatan Spang actor David Dencik actor Søren Pilmark actor Søren Malling actor Dejan Čukić actor Troels Lyby actor

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Carl Martin Norén actor

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Therese Damsgaard actor

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Mille Lehfeldt actor

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Line Bie Rosenstjerne actor

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Malin Brolin-Tani actor Lars Von Trier actor Bodil Jørgensen actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau actor Paprika Steen actor Ditte Hansen actor Jens Albinus actor

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Christian Fuhlendorff actor

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Patricia Schumann actor

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Thomas Bendixen actor