Directed by:
Jacob ThuesenScreenplay:
Lars von TrierCinematography:
Sebastian BlenkovComposer:
Vincent D'HondtCast:
Jonatan Spang, David Dencik, Carl Martin Norén, Therese Damsgaard, Mille Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt, Line Bie Rosenstjerne, Malin Brolin-Tani, Søren Pilmark (more)Plots(1)
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 unhelpful tutors, weird fellow students and unwritten rules. It is both an exhilarating and angst-provoking period and 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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Patricia Schumann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/299/161299499_b9abd6.jpg)
Patricia Schumann
Denmark
Best movies:
Submarino (2010)
The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)
That Time of Year (2018)
![Paprika Steen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/691/161691210_1777a0.jpg)
Paprika Steen
Denmark
Best movies:
The Celebration (1998)
Adam's Apples (2005)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Birgit Thøt Jensen
Denmark
Best movies:
Royal Deceit (1994)
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 (2007)
Winter Brothers (2017)
![Magnus Bruun](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/108/163108644_221f3c.jpg)
Magnus Bruun
Denmark
Best movies:
Land of Mine (2015)
Long Story Short (2015)
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 (2007)
David Bateson
South Africa
Best movies:
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Europa (1991)
Royal Deceit (1994)
![Hans Henrik Clemensen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/531/161531011_1faeca.jpg)
Hans Henrik Clemensen
Denmark
Best movies:
Open Hearts (2002)
Aftermath (2004)
Worlds Apart (2008)
![Ditte Hansen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/892/162892315_7cae4a.jpg)
Ditte Hansen
Denmark
Best movies:
Just Another Love Story (2007)
Parterapi (2010)
Lotto (2006)
![Morten Hemmingsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/905/162905281_474c61.jpg)
Morten Hemmingsen
Denmark
Best movies:
The Absent One (2014)
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 (2007)
The Escape (2009)
Benjamin Kitter
Denmark
Best movies:
The Day Will Come (2016)
A Conspiracy of Faith (2016)
Loving Adults (2022)
Pauli Ryberg
Denmark
Best movies:
Grown-up People (2005)
A Soap (2006)
In Your Hands (2004)
Christian Damsgaard
Denmark
Dan Loghin
Romania
Best movies:
Mette Mai Langer
Best movies:
Kristian Boland
Best movies:
Peter Pilegaard
Best movies:
Tine Bojanna Bjerregaard
Best movies:
Fear Me Not (2008)
What No One Knows (2008)
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1 (2007)