The Tenth Muse
OT: Afgrunden
Torben Skjødt Jensen // Denmark, 2002
Fiction Feature // FF2003
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Story
In 1964 a young film director (Ole Lemmeke)sets out to make a documentary about the almost forgotten silent film goddess Asta Nielsen (played by 87-year-old Vera Gebuhr). The film star welcomes him with open arms, but the further he penetrates behind the outer veneer of her life, the less willing she becomes to talk. In particular about her relationship to her only daughter Jesta. Finally, she refuses to work on the film any further. Based on a true story, Torben Skjødt Jensen’s film is more than just a critical biography. When Jesta kills herself (in the film as in real life), the film-maker sees the destructive power of life’s secrets. Perhaps he should never have persuaded the “silent muse” to speak.
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Afgrunden
Fiction Feature
Danish
Offizielles Programm//FF2003
Denmark
2002
95 min
OV
Torben Skjødt Jensen
Peter Asmussen
Vera Gebuhr, Vivian Nielsen, Ole Lemmecke, Lene Tiemroth
Ingolf Gabold
Harald Paalgard
Ghita Beckendorff
Anders Koppel
Søren Breum
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