Krag-filmen (1969)

Krag-filmen

1969

Documentary

Synopsis

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)

Credits

Director

Jørgen Leth

Ole John

Cast

Jens Otto Krag

Crew

Allan De Waal (Director of Photography)

Bjørn Nørgaard (Director of Photography)

Erik Crone (Director of Photography)

Erik Thygesen (Director of Photography)

Franz Ernst (Director of Photography)