The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Jonatan Spang

Erik Nietzsche

Age : 46 | Popularity : 9%

Lars von Trier

Narrator

Age : 67 | Popularity : 100%

Mille Lehfeldt

Margrethe (as Mille Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt)

Age : 44 | Popularity : 3%

David Dencik

Zelko

Age : 49 | Popularity : 10%

Carl Martin Norén

Göran

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Therese Damsgaard

Karin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Søren Pilmark

Mads

Age : 68 | Popularity : 3%

Bodil Jørgensen

Katrine Bonfils

Age : 63 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Lars von Trier
Directing	Director	Jacob Thuesen
Department	Role	Name

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