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The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1

4.720071h 31mMovieComedyDrama

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…

DirectorJacob Thuesen
WriterLars von Trier
ProducersPeter Aalbæk Jensen·Peter Garde

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Cast · Directed by Jacob Thuesen

JSJonatan Spang
Jonatan Spang
Erik Nietzsche
DDDavid Dencik
David Dencik
Zelko
SPSøren Pilmark
Søren Pilmark
Mads
SMSøren Malling
Søren Malling
Hans Jørgen
DČDejan Čukić
Dejan Čukić
Selkoff
TLTroels Lyby
Troels Lyby
Bent
CNCarl Martin Norén
Carl Martin Norén
Göran
TDTherese Damsgaard
Therese Damsgaard
Karin
MLMille Lehfeldt
Mille Lehfeldt
Margrethe
LR
Line Bie Rosenstjerne
Anna
MBMalin Brolin-Tani
Malin Brolin-Tani
Stine
LTLars von Trier
Lars von Trier
Narrator (voice)

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