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The Tenth Muse

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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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