A Funny Man
A biography of the Danish actor and comedian, Dirch Passer
2011 da 116 minutes
Rating: 7.2
Plot
Opening in the seductive style of the sixties, »A Funny Man« uncovers the perennial loneliness that comedian Dirch Passer (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has found himself in after a fast-tracked rise to fame. He struggles between his own desire to gain critical respect and servicing the audience¿s needs. Costing his kindred friendship to on-stage partner Kjeld Petersen (Lars Ranthe) Dirch takes on Steinbeck's classic »Of Mice and Men«, only for the audience to break out in laughter at his first line. Dirch's Lennie becomes a running joke, and so has, Dirch believes, his own life.
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Cast
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Dirch Passer
Julie Zangenberg
Lone Hertz
Lars Ranthe
Kjeld Petersen
Lars Brygmann
Stig Lommer
Annika Aakjær
Daimi
Laura Christensen
Hanne Passer
Morten Kirkskov
Ove Sprogøe
Laura Bro
Sitter Horne-Rasmussen
Martin Buch
Preben Kaas
Malou Reymann
Bente Askjær
Silja Eriksen Jensen
Judy Gringer
Kristian Halken
Lommers assistent
Frederikke Cecilie Bertelsen
Inge
Peter Reichhardt
Klaus Pagh (scenes deleted)
Sarah Grünewald
Vicky
Marie Dietz
Alberte Elvira Nørregaard
Uffe Rørbæk Madsen
Klaus Bondam
Hjertelæge
Jacob Levin-Christensen
Anna Helligsøe Haahr
Sasha Sofie Lund
Hans Henrik Clemensen
Læge
Esben Pretzmann
Charles Tante, høj mand
Tom Jensen
Signe Lindkvist
Glædespige
Mads Riisom
Stamherren, høj mand
Tom Hale
Anders Heinrichsen
Mads Knarreborg
Simone Lykke
Suffløse
Per Bruun
Henriette Charma
Julie Sven Thalund
Ole Dupont
Professor Welling (uncredited)
Jesper Riefensthal
Charlotte Amalie Kirkegaard Kehlet