Heavily influenced by the French stage sensation La Cage Aux Folles (which was filmed the very same year) this trite drag-queen comedy about a group of homosexuals sharing an apartment with a naive but straight country boy did not live up to expectations. The lead characters lead boring lives during the day and, as depicted here, downright pathetic existences at night, all decked out in peacock plumes and high heels and with nowhere to go. Several of the performances -- especially Fritz Helmuth as the love-starved, aptly named Bent -- manage to reach a little beyond the stereotypes, but Bodil Kjær, of all people, delivers a simply dreadful (and one-note) parody of a once-glamorous movie star.
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Mirror, Mirror Cast
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Ove Sprogøe
He was 58, 84 years old when he died
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Bodil Kjer
She was 60, 85 years old when she died
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Frits Helmuth
He was 46, 73 years old when he died
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Ole Ernst
He was 37, 73 years old when he died
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Preben Kaas
He was 47, 50 years old when he died
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Henning Jensen
He was 28, now 75 years old
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Peter Steen
He was 42, 77 years old when he died
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Elin Reimer
She was 49, now 96 years old
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Jesper Klein
He was 33, 66 years old when he died
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Lone Lindorff
She was 40, now 87 years old
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Preben Lerdorff Rye
He was 60, 78 years old when he died
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Solveig Sundborg
She was 67, 92 years old when she died
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Benny Juhlin
He was 52, 84 years old when he died
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Preben Harris
He was 42, now 89 years old
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Leif Trier Mønsted
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Peter Ronild
He was 49, 72 years old when he died
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Bodil Steen
She was 55, 55 years old when she died
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Kirsten Søberg
She was 48, 51 years old when she died
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Edward Fleming
He was 87, 59 years old when he died
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Holger Perfort
He was 52, now 99 years old
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Sejr Volmer-Sørensen
He was 64, 68 years old when he died
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Torben Jensen
He was 33, 74 years old when he died
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Mirror, Mirror Crew
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Edward Fleming as Director. He was 87 (59) years old when He died
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Directing |
