Writing

Ludvig Holberg

Born December 3, 1684 · Bergen, Norway

Died January 28, 1754 · aged 69

No biography available.

Known For

Jule-stueJule-stue · 1967
Jule-stue
1967
MovieTV MovieComedy
The Cobbler PrinceThe Cobbler Prince · 1920
The Cobbler Prince
8.01920
MovieComedy
The prince of a small state amuses himself by temporarily switching roles with a cobbler, partly to avoid a visit from a princess, to whom his minister wants to marry him off. In his new role as prince, the cobbler causes one scandal after another.
Jeppe paa bjergetJeppe paa bjerget · 1933
Jeppe paa bjerget
7.01933
Movie
The drunk Jeppe has a life changing moment when he thinks he is in heaven when he wakes up in a rich man's bed.
Den stundesløseDen stundesløse · 1963
Den stundesløse
1963
MovieComedyDrama
Vielgeschrey is a fidget merchant constantly prone to believing that he is much more busy than he really is. This eventually makes him suffer a tragicomic fate. TV adaptation of Holberg's satirical play from 1723.
Reisen til planeten NazarReisen til planeten Nazar · 1983
Reisen til planeten Nazar
1983
MovieAnimationAdventure
The story of the young student Nils Klim and his journey to the strange planet Nazar and meeting the people who live there.
Den politiske kannstöparenDen politiske kannstöparen · 1985
Den politiske kannstöparen
1985
MovieComedy
Ludvig Holberg's satirical play about a group of craftsmen with political ambitions.
Jeppe på bergetJeppe på berget · 1995
Jeppe på berget
10.01995
MovieTV Movie
A Swedish version of Jeppe on the Hill. Jeppe is a drunken peasant. The Baron and his men play a joke on him.
The Earth Is FlatThe Earth Is Flat · 1977
The Earth Is Flat
7.01977
MovieComedy
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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The Earth Is FlatThe Earth Is Flat · 1977
The Earth Is Flat
7.01977
MovieComedy
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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