The Earth Is Flat
1977 · 116 min
Comedy
★ 7.0Jorden Er Flad or The Earth is Flat is based on the play Erasmus Montanus, from the classical era in Danish literature, by Ludvig Holberg. Director Henrik Stangerup had the play translated into Portuguese, and adapted it for filming in contemporary Brazil. In this comic movie, a group of villagers have scrimped and saved to send their fellow villager Erasmus Montanus (Fausto Wolff) away for an education. When the boy returns to his village, he is stuffed full of book-learning of a kind which is of absolutely no use to those of the village. The boy, rather than seeing his situation clearly, continues to spout learned platitudes, including the incredible observation, "the earth is round," supported by nothing other than his authority as an "educated man." Understandably, his posturing provokes derision.
Crew
- Director Henrik Stangerup
- Screenplay Fausto Wolf
- Screenplay Henrik Stangerup
- Director of Photography Flemming Arnholm
Cast
- F
Fausto Wolf
Erasmo Montanha
Wilson Grey
Joaquim Montanha
Lúcia Mello
Nillinha Montanha
- A
Abel Prazer
Maneco Montanha
Thelma Reston
Madalena de Oliveira
Paulo Fortes
Geronte de Oliveira
Gloria Cristal
Lisinha de Oliveira
- F
Fabio Camargo
Dom Pedroca
- L
Luis Pelegrini
Arlequim
- M
Milton Luiz
Dom Sebastião
- T
Torben Bille
Deus Ex Machina
Crew
- Director — Henrik Stangerup
- Screenplay — Fausto Wolf
- Screenplay — Henrik Stangerup
- Director of Photography — Flemming Arnholm
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