Tree of Knowledge ( Kundskabens træ )

Tree of Knowledge (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Kundskabens træ
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Mono )
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1981 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Nils Malmros

Written By:
Nils Malmros
Frederick Cryer

Actors:
Eva Gram Schjoldager ..... Elin / student
Jan Johansen ..... Niels / student
Line Arlien-Søborg ..... Anne-Mette / student
Marian Wendelbo ..... Elsebeth
Gitte Iben Andersen ..... Lene / student
Lone Elliot ..... Majbrit / student
Astrid Holm Jensen ..... Ina
Brian Theibel ..... Willy / student
Bo von Der Lippe ..... Jørn / student
Marin Lysholm Jepsen ..... Helge / student
Morten Nautrup ..... Flemming
Anders Ørgård ..... Gert / student
Dan Rørmand Brøgger ..... Torkild
Lars Spang Kjeldsen ..... Søren / student
Nicolaj Flensborg ..... Kaj
Lars Hjort Frederiksen ..... Carsten
Hanne Sørensen ..... Mona
Anne-Mette Kjøller Warlo ..... Joan
Malene Darre ..... Loppe
Anne-Mette Brinch Andersen ..... Gås
Merete Voldstedlund ..... Anne-Mettes mor / Anne-Mette's mother
Erno Müller ..... Hr. Særlang
Karin Flensborg ..... Elins mor / Elin's mother
Arne Ringgaard ..... Danselærer / dance teacher
Jørgen Nygaard ..... Rektor
Svend Schmidt-Nielsen ..... Skovfogeden / Park ranger
Birgit Rafman ..... Fru Rafman
Christian Svendsen ..... Fru Scheel
Norma Nissen ..... Musiklæreren
Per Cortes ..... Bagerjomfruen
Margit Due ..... Gymnastiklæreren
Uffe Bak ..... Gymnastiklærerinden
Rikke Malmros ..... Pianist
Thorkild Tromholt ..... Niels-Ole's mor / mother
Jeanette Hede ..... Fru Andersen
Jørn Bjerre Andersen ..... Elins far / Elin's father
Karen Møller ..... Orkester
Knud Andreasen ..... Orkester
Per Hillers' Danseorkester
Saratoga Jazz Band

Synopsis:

End of the 50s in Aarhus, Denmark, the story of a group of children from the 7th to the 9th grade. What they experience are not the grand dramas of life, but the events they do experience affect them more powerfully than at any other time in their lives. The film centers around Elin, the prettiest and most mature girl in the class. She plays on these advantages more or less unconsciously. It makes the girls jealous and the boys unsure. Therefore she becomes the scapegoat for their unresolved sexual awareness. For Elin, this being frozen out of the once happy circle becomes a tragedy, also on account of being totally misunderstood by her old-fashioned parents. The other main character is Niels-Ole, the leading boy in the class, who arouses indignation by rejecting girls in his own class in favor of the younger and prettier girl, Majbritt. At the same time, this film is a light-hearted yet serious account of the beautiful difficult years between childhood and youth, based on the director Nils Malmros' own experiences as a schoolboy in Aarhus in the late 1950s.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 September, 2021.

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