Ernst & the Light

Ernst & the Light

1996 · 12 min · ★ 6.9 · Comedy

The businessman Ernst has just landed in the airport and is on his way home to his wife. Its raining heavy outside and therefore he takes a hitchhiker with him. They start a conversation about the value of life and soon it becomes evident to the spectators that the hitchhiker is Jesus Christ, but Ernst is in too much of a rush to go back to his wife to notice.

Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen · Written by Anders Thomas Jensen

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Jens Jørn Spottag Ernst
Søren Østergaard Jesus

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