Krag-filmen (1969)
16m
Running Time
January 1, 1969Release Date
Plot.
The ABCinema group dispatched Jørgen Leth to make the arrangements with Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag, who good-naturedly put himself at their disposal. Relaxing on a bench in the garden of Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Krag is scrutinised by camera-wielding collective members almost like a model in a life-drawing class. Every possible angle, distance and framing is tried. The result is an image of the prime minister that is both fragmented and multi-facetted, describing his visual appearance as a man and an icon. At the same time, the ABCinema members film each other filming Krag, which gives the film a highly self-reflective character. Like "The Deer Garden," this is a film about a film being filmed. A showdown with the documentary portrait genre, "Jens Otto Krag" is devised according to the principle of keeping the material alive by not editing it but randomly piecing it together. (DFI)
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Cast & Crew.

Jens Otto Krag

Henning Christiansen
Sound

John Davidsen
Director of Photography

Franz Ernst
Director of Photography

Erik Crone
Director of Photography

Peter Thorsboe
Director of Photography

Bjørn Nørgaard
Director of Photography

Allan De Waal
Director of Photography

Troels Linde Andersen
Director of Photography

Jørgen Leth
Director of Photography / Director

Ole John
Director / Director of Photography

Erik Thygesen
Director of Photography

Stig Brøgger
Director of Photography

Peter Louis-Jensen
Director of Photography
