The Earth Is Flat
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Jorden 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.
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Shot by Flemming ArnholmScored by Jurij Moskovitin
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16 unique people credited
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Torben Bille
as Deus ex Machina
Fabio Carmargo
as Dom Pedroca aka Per Degn
Gloria Cristall
as Lisinha de Oliveira
Paulo Fortes
as Geronte de Oliveira aka Jeronimus
Wilson Grey
as Joaquim Montanha aka Jeppe Berg
Milton Luiz
as Dom Sebastião aka Jesper Ridefoged
Lucia Mello
as Nillinha Montanha aka Nille Berg
Luis Pelegrini
as Harlekin
Abel Prazer
as Maneco Montanha aka Jacob Berg
Thelma Reston
as Madalena de Oliveira aka Magdelone
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