In his fourth feature, Århus loyalist Nils Malmros continues his reminiscing fiction portryals of school days in the 1950s. You follow a class during its final years of grade school. The kids are teenagers, clannish, clownish, sweet and vicious, struggling to make sense of their physical and mental growing pains. The film was shot over two years: the cast literally grew up along with the action.
| Original title | Kundskabens træ |
|---|---|
| Danish title | Kundskabens træ |
| Director | Nils Malmros |
| Screenplay | Nils Malmros, Frederick Cryer |
| Director of Photography | Jan Weincke |
| Editor | Merete Brusendorff, Janus Billeskov Jansen |
| Sound | Per Assentoft, Niels Arild, Merete Brusendorff |
| Appearance | Eva Gram Schjoldager, Jan Johansen, Line Arlien-Søborg, Marian Wendelbo |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Domestic distribution | Kærne Film |
| International sales | TrustNordisk |
| Technical info | 35 mm, Widescreen, color, Sound |
| Danish theatrical release | 13.11.1981 |
| Cinemas | Dagmar, Odense, Århus, Aalborg, Tivoli Bio |
| TV release | 31.03.1990, DR |
| Find more |
Karen Conrad: ~Drengedrømme. Nils Malmros - en auteur". Amanda 1991, s. 55-72. Lars Daneskov og Kim Kristensen: "Nils Malmros, portræt af en filmkunstner". Hovedland 1989. John Mogensen: "Kundskabens træ - en film bliver til". Centrum 1981. Søren Birkvad: Syndens huler. Kosmorama 157/1982. Oluf Gandrup og Peter Kirkegaard: Malmros' erindringsmagi - Bringing It All Back Home. MacGuffin 41-42/1982. Niels Olaf Gudme: Interview med Nils Malmros. Tusind Øjne 47/1981. Henrik Jul Hansen: Fortiden på nethinden. Levende Billeder 7/1981. Klaus Rifbjerg: Kærligheden er en by i provinsen. Levende Billeder 8/1981. |
| Danish rating | Allowed for all |
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| Music | Year | Composer |
|---|---|---|
| The man I love | 1981 | George Gershwin |
| Barn Jesus i en Krybbe laa | 1981 | Niels W. Gade |
| Et Barn er født i Bethlehem | 1981 | Ubekendt |
| St. James Infirmary | 1981 | Mills. Irving |
| When the saints go marching in | 1981 | Ubekendt |
| Swanee river | 1981 | Stephen Foster |
| Whe you wore a tulip (and I wore a big red rose) | 1981 | Percy Wenrich |
| After you've gone | 1981 | Turner Layton |
| Otchi tchor ni ya | 1981 | Manny Alban |
| Festpolonaise | 1981 | Johan Svendsen |
| Les Lanciers | 1981 | Joseph Meykiechel |
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