Good and Evil
6 votes
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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1975-05-26
Runtime: 80 mins
Director: Jørgen Leth
Writer: Jørgen Leth
Spoken language: Dansk
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Good and Evil
Production Companies: Jørgen Leth Film, Det Danske Filminstitut
Production Countries: Denmark
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