The Earth Is Flat

Synopsis

Jorden Er Flad or The Earth is Flat is based on the play Erasmus Montanus, from the classical era in Danish literature, by Ludvig Holberg. Director Henrik Stangerup had the play translated into Portuguese, and adapted it for filming in contemporary Brazil. In this comic movie, a group of villagers have scrimped and saved to send their fellow villager Erasmus Montanus (Fausto Wolff) away for an education. When the boy returns to his village, he is stuffed full of book-learning of a kind which is of absolutely no use to those of the village. The boy, rather than seeing his situation clearly, continues to spout learned platitudes, including the incredible observation, "the earth is round," supported by nothing other than his authority as an "educated man." Understandably, his posturing provokes derision.

Main Cast

Fausto Wolf

Erasmo Montanha

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Wilson Grey

Joaquim Montanha

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Lúcia Mello

Nillinha Montanha

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Abel Prazer

Maneco Montanha

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Thelma Reston

Madalena de Oliveira

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Paulo Fortes

Geronte de Oliveira

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Gloria Cristal

Lisinha de Oliveira

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Fabio Camargo

Dom Pedroca

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Henrik Stangerup
Production	Producer	Henrik Stangerup Thorkild Kristensen
	Executive Producer	Luiz Fernando Goulart
Sound	Sound	Jacob Trier
	Music	Jurij Moskvitin
Writing	Screenplay	Fausto Wolf Henrik Stangerup
	Original Story	Ludvig Holberg
Camera	Director of Photography	Flemming Arnholm
Editing	Editor	Hilde L. Trier
	Editorial Coordinator	Bent Christensen
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Ulla-Britt Söderlund
	Makeup Artist	Carlos Prieto
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