The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1

Overview

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.

Cast

Jonatan Spang

Erik Nietzsche

David Dencik

Zelko

Søren Pilmark

Mads

Søren Malling

Hans Jørgen

Dejan Čukić

Selkoff

Troels Lyby

Bent

Carl Martin Norén

Göran

Therese Damsgaard

Karin

Mille Lehfeldt

Margrethe

N/A

Line Bie Rosenstjerne

Anna

Malin Brolin-Tani

Stine

Lars von Trier

Narrator (voice)