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  • A Midsummer's Play (1979)
  • TV Movie | 98 min | Drama
A Midsummer's Play (1979)
TV Movie | 98 min | Drama

Leth's television production of Sanct Hansaften-Spil by the Danish playwright Adam Oehlenshläger is an attempt to take the poetic play at face value and bring it to life in a series of tableaux with settings by Per Kirkeby and acted by a ...See moreLeth's television production of Sanct Hansaften-Spil by the Danish playwright Adam Oehlenshläger is an attempt to take the poetic play at face value and bring it to life in a series of tableaux with settings by Per Kirkeby and acted by a large number of celebrated actors and actresses. In other words, just as in the theatre, the attempt means making the words burst out of the narrow framework of the stage or tableau. Apart from the central romance between Maria and Ludvig, several of the images and tableaux from this TV production deserve praise for giving body and soul to Oehlenschäger's words in an enjoyable, moving way: Ghita Nørby and Per Pallesen as puppets, Ove Sprogøe as the blind man longing for his fiddle, and Erik Mørk as Death. The visuals are kept in warm colours or as bluish, murky sets emphasising the mystery of the woods. This is a multi-camera production typical of television with extensive use of dissolves. Within this technological framework at one point Leth does produce a scene more experimentally, suing two cameras that take turns to make long zooms onto Frits Helmuth, who is seated beside a spring, talking. Whenever the zoom reaches half close-up it dissolves to a new, almost identical zoom from a wide shot. A similar game with the possibilities allowed by television production is to be found in Eddy Merckx i nærheden af en kop kaffe. Written by Anonymous See less
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Director
Writer
Adam Oehlenschläger (play "Sanct Hansaften-spil")
Producer
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Updated Dec 16, 1979

Release date
Dec 16, 1979 (Denmark)

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59 cast members
Name Known for
Ole Ernst
Harlekin Harlekin   See fewer
Martin Hansen
Prologus Prologus   See fewer
Frits Helmuth
Mand ved kilde Mand ved kilde   See fewer
Erik Mørk
Death Death   See fewer
Finn Nielsen
Linedanser Linedanser   See fewer
Ghita Nørby
Værtinde Værtinde   See fewer
Per Pallesen
Frier / vært Frier / vært   See fewer
Kirsten Peüliche
Cathrine Cathrine   See fewer
Ove Sprogøe
Blind Man Blind Man   See fewer
Lily Weiding
Kierlighedens genie Kierlighedens genie   See fewer
Niels Alsing
Lapsen Lapsen   See fewer
Karl Gustav Andersson
Sanger #1 Sanger #1   See fewer
Rita Angela
Dame #2 Dame #2   See fewer
Nis Bank-Mikkelsen
Ung digter Ung digter   See fewer
Peter Bastian
Spillemand Spillemand   See fewer
Jørgen Beck
Borger #1 (bogbinder) Borger #1 (bogbinder)   See fewer
Joen Bille
Vilhelm Vilhelm   See fewer
Hannah Bjarnhof
Kone #1 Kone #1   See fewer
Susanne Breuning
Ung pige #3 Ung pige #3   See fewer
Jørn Budolfsen
Ung fyr #1 Ung fyr #1   See fewer
Masja Dessau
Ung pige #2 Ung pige #2   See fewer
Lars Elstrøm
Ung fyr #2 Ung fyr #2   See fewer
Ejner Federspiel
Den gamle Den gamle   See fewer
Ulla Gottlieb
Sanct Hansormen Sanct Hansormen   See fewer
Poul Hamp
Sanger #2 Sanger #2   See fewer
Arne Hansen
Fuld mand Fuld mand   See fewer
Emil Hass Christensen
Koncilliråd Koncilliråd   See fewer
Caja Heimann
Dame #1 Dame #1   See fewer
Bent Nykjær Jørgensen
Enøjet spillemand Enøjet spillemand   See fewer
William Kisum
Mand med hund Mand med hund   See fewer
Eik Koch
Borger #3 Borger #3   See fewer
Berrit Kvorning
Ung pige #5 Ung pige #5   See fewer
Tonny Lambert
Ung mand #2 Ung mand #2   See fewer
Alf Lassen
Marionetspiller Marionetspiller   See fewer
Holger Munk
Kunstdommer #2 Kunstdommer #2   See fewer
Troels Munk
Borger #1 (taler med bogbinder) Borger #1 (taler med bogbinder)   See fewer
Troels Møller-Pedersen
Ung mand #2 Ung mand #2   See fewer
Kirsten Olesen
Sanct Kirsten Sanct Kirsten   See fewer
Henning Palner
Officer Officer   See fewer
Holger Perfort
Kunstdommer #3 Kunstdommer #3   See fewer
Benny Poulsen
Kunstdommer #1 Kunstdommer #1   See fewer
Hardy Rafn
Galning Galning   See fewer
Jesper Ravn
Jødedreng Jødedreng   See fewer
Steen Springborg
Ung maler Ung maler   See fewer
Karl Stegger
Fjellebodmand Fjellebodmand   See fewer
Vagn Sørensen
Trommeslager Trommeslager   See fewer
Hanne Uldal
Ung pige #4 Ung pige #4   See fewer
Olaf Ussing
Glaspuster Glaspuster   See fewer
Dianna Vangsaa
Ellepige Ellepige   See fewer
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