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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Cast
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Fausto Wolf
Erasmo Montanha
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Ludvig Holberg
Henrik Stangerup
Thorkild Kristensen
Lúcia Mello
Nillinha Montanha
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Thelma Reston
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Henrik Stangerup Director · Fausto Wolf Screenplay Ludvig Holberg Story
First release March 19, 1977 · Produced in Denmark · Original title Jorden er flad
Production
Det Danske Filminstitut
Production
Denmark
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Original title
Jorden er flad
Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
Portuguese
Release dates
Denmark · March 19, 1977
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No release date listed for United States.
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