The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 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 and unhelpful tutors, weird fellow students and unwritten rules. In this both exhilarating and angst-provoking period for him, 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. The film is a drama full of comedy - a sharp portrait of a conceited but entertaining world of film which we suspect our dogged young director will eventually conquer with his vision.

Country:

France,

Denmark,

Italy,

Sweden,

Austria

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama

Duration:

91 minutes

Year:

2007

Director:

Jacob Thuesen

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Company:

Zentropa Entertainments,

Memfis Film,

Les Films du Losange,

Lucky Red,

Dor Film

Cast:

Erik Nietzsche

Zelko

Mads

Hans Jørgen

Selkoff

Crew:

Director

Director of Photography

Screenplay

Executive Producer

Executive Producer