Duellen

Duellen (1962)

Drama

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.

Director: Knud Leif Thomsen

Casts

	Frits Helmuth as
	John Price as
	Axel Strøbye as
	Hans Kurt as
	Buster Larsen as
	Vera Gebuhr as
	Albert Watson as
	Ulla Darni as
	Elith Pio as
	Poul Müller as
	Karl Stegger as
	Aage Winther-Jørgensen as
	Minna Jørgensen as
	Poul Thomsen as
	Knud Rex as
	Maxine as
	Malene Schwartz as

Crew