The Greeneyed Elephant
The Greeneyed Elephant (Danish: Elefanter på loftet) is a 1960 Danish family film directed by Peter Guildbrassen and starring Dirch Passer.[1]
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 VHS cover for 'The Green Eyed Elephant' | |
| Directed by | Peer Guldbrandsen |
| Written by | Peer Guldbrandsen Sidney W. Pink |
| Produced by | Hans Barfod |
| Starring | Dirch Passer |
| Cinematography | Aage Wiltrup |
| Edited by | Edith Nisted Nielsen |
| Music by | Sven Gyldmark |
| Distributed by | Troma Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
Premise
Two aspiring actresses stumble upon an ancient Aztec elephant sculpture that through the action of their best friend can be used to transfer their body into the other. Based on the novel Turnabout(1931) by Thorne Smith.
Cast
- Dirch Passer - Dennis
- Naura Hayden - Sally Fitzpatrik
- Delphi Lawrence - Lisa
- Ove Sprogøe - Tolderen
- Bjørn Watt-Boolsen - Tom
- Kirsten Passer - Mrs. Kelly
- Phil Baker - Arthur Croft
- Avi Sagild - Sekretær
- Grethe Sønck - Sangerinde
- Peer Guldbrandsen - Instruktøren / fortælleren (voice) (uncredited)
- Gitte Müller - Scriptgirl (uncredited)
Production
The film is in fact a TV pilot that became a feature film.[2]
Reception
The film is seen as the Danish example of the trope that is body swapping.[3] As the other two films made by Pink in Denmark, The Green-Eyed Elephant offers no erotic content and was very poorly received by Danish critics[4]
See also
- Reptilicus, another film written by Pink and starring Passer
References
- "The Green-Eyed Elephant". www.dfi.dk. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- Stewardson, Christopher (6 February 2021). "In Defence of Reptilicus". Our Culture. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- Conaway, Evan (10 January 2022). "Freaky (2020)". Movie Reviews by a Mook. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- Stevenson, Jack (2 September 2015). Scandinavian Blue: The Erotic Cinema of Sweden and Denmark in the 1960s and 1970s. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1259-1.
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