

Krag-filmen
1969 Directed by Ole JohnThe 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)
Jens Otto Krag
....................................................Director
...........................................................Ole John
Jørgen Leth
Director of Photography
...........................................................Jørgen Leth
Ole John
Stig Brøgger
Peter Louis-Jensen
Franz Ernst
Production Companies
...................................................Det Danske Filminstitut
Production Countries
........................................................Denmark
Spoken Languages
....................................................Dansk
Genres
....................................................Documentary
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