England's ever-controversial Peter Watkins ("The War Game", 1966) wrote and directed this fictitious documentary in Denmark during actual ongoing military manoeuvres. He visualizes a state that is coming apart at the seams as people take to the streets in an ouverture to civil war. The government has the army move in when more sinister events occur, approaching anarchy, to prompt even more totalitarian measures.
| Original title | Aftenlandet |
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| Danish title | Aftenlandet |
| Director | Peter Watkins |
| Screenplay | Peter Watkins, Poul Martinsen, Carsten Clante |
| Director of Photography | Joan Churchill, Fritz Schrøder |
| Editor | Peter Watkins, Jeff McBride |
| Sound | Søren Tom-Petersen, Svend Nørgaard |
| Composer | Anders Koppel |
| Production designer | Poul Christiansen |
| Casting | Erik Brandt Eriksen, Anne Clavering |
| Appearance | Bent Andersen, Bent Ove Andersen, Mogens Andersen, Jørgen Esping |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Domestic distribution | ASA-Panorama |
| Technical info | 35 mm, Widescreen, color, Sound |
| Danish theatrical release | 21.02.1977 |
| Cinemas | Slagelse, Randers, Århus, Aalborg, Grand |
| Find more |
Carsten Clante og Gitte Sønderborg: Aftenlandet set fra Pilestræde. Levende Billeder 2/1977. Ebbe Preisler: Lov og orden? Levende Billeder 4/1976. Keld Ravn: "Jeg skal jo ikke være noget orakel". Interview med Peter Watkins. Levende Billeder 1/1977. Jesper Tang: Aftenlandet. Kosmorama 134/1977. |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 12 |
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| Music | Year | Composer |
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| Budbringeren | 1977 | Anders Koppel |
| Folkene | 1977 | Anders Koppel |
| Generalerne | 1977 | Anders Koppel |
| Ansigtet | 1977 | Anders Koppel |
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