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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Sound | Henning Christiansen | Sound |
Camera | John Davidsen | Director of Photography |
Camera | Franz Ernst | Director of Photography |
Camera | Erik Crone | Director of Photography |
Camera | Peter Thorsboe | Director of Photography |
Camera | Bjørn Nørgaard | Director of Photography |
Camera | Allan De Waal | Director of Photography |
Camera | Troels Linde Andersen | Director of Photography |
Camera | Jørgen Leth | Director of Photography |
Directing | Jørgen Leth | Director |
Directing | Ole John | Director |
Camera | Ole John | Director of Photography |
Camera | Erik Thygesen | Director of Photography |
Camera | Stig Brøgger | Director of Photography |
Camera | Peter Louis-Jensen | Director of Photography |
Camera | Niels Schwalbe | Director of Photography |