Duellen
Overview
A sort of forerunner to Hollywood's Boogie Nights (1997), this Danish melodrama is set in the world of strip clubs. A medical student (Frits Helmuth) earns money for tuition working in a burlesque joint. He falls for one of the girls (Malene Schwarz), but she is also involved with a movie director (John Price). The director and Helmuth get into a philosophical debate about love and Darwinism, and the film ends with a duel (the film's title). Duellen was met with mostly incomprehension when it premiered and is no more lucid when viewed today. The striptease scene featuring full-frontal nudity is tame by modern standards.
Cast
Frits Helmuth
John Price
Axel Strøbye
Hans Kurt
Buster Larsen
Vera Gebuhr
Albert Watson
Ulla Darni
Elith Pio
Poul Müller
Karl Stegger
Aage Winther-Jørgensen
