A Funny Man
25/08/2011
2h

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.
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


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


Frederikke Cecilie Bertelsen
Inge
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