Release Date

09 Feb, 1962

Runtime

01:37: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Duellen

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Actors

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

Minna Jørgensen

Poul Thomsen

Knud Rex

Maxine

Malene Schwartz

Crew