The Earth Is Flat

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Henrik Stangerup

Writers

Fausto Wolf, Henrik Stangerup, Ludvig Holberg

Language

Danish

Country

Denmark

Release date

19 March 1977

Ensemble

Cast

• Fausto Wolf

  Erasmo Montanha

• 

  Wilson Grey

  Joaquim Montanha

• 

  Lúcia Mello

  Nillinha Montanha

• Abel Prazer

  Maneco Montanha

• 

  Thelma Reston

  Madalena de Oliveira

• 

  Paulo Fortes

  Geronte de Oliveira

• 

  Gloria Cristal

  Lisinha de Oliveira

• Fabio Camargo

  Dom Pedroca

• Luis Pelegrini

  Arlequim

• Milton Luiz

  Dom Sebastião