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.
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Duellen Cast
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Poul Müller
He was 52, 69 years old when he died
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Frits Helmuth
He was 30, 73 years old when he died
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John Price
He was 48, 83 years old when he died
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Buster Larsen
He was 41, 73 years old when he died
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Knud Rex
He was 49, 56 years old when he died
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Axel Strøbye
He was 33, 77 years old when he died
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Karl Stegger
He was 49, 67 years old when he died
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Malene Schwartz
She was 25, now 87 years old
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Vera Gebuhr
She was 45, 98 years old when she died
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Albert Watson
He was 20, now 82 years old
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Elith Pio
He was 74, 95 years old when he died
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Hans Kurt
He was 52, 59 years old when he died
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Ulla Darni
She was 24, now 86 years old
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Poul Thomsen
He was 39, 66 years old when he died
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Aage Winther-Jørgensen
He was 61, 66 years old when he died
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Duellen Crew
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Knud Leif Thomsen as Director. He was 37 (79) years old when He died
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Directing |
