Duellen Overview
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.
Duellen Career and Cast Highlights
Key credits listed on this page include
Knud Leif Thomsen, Frits Helmuth, John Price, Axel Strøbye, Hans Kurt, Buster Larsen, Vera Gebuhr, and Albert Watson.
