Itsi Bitsi

Itsi Bitsi

66 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Nov. 10, 2012

Two young progressive people live together in the early 1960s. Their lives revolve around political activities, anti-nuclear actions, love, travel, music, drugs and poetry. And other issues of importance. That they believe in. But in spite of all these motions and movements they drift apart. And their story ends badly. One of the two, Eik Skaløe, the first beat poet singer in Danish, committed suicide in India 1968. The other, Iben Nagel Rasmussen, an Odin Teatret actress since 1966, reflects on her life today and, through the characters of her shows, compares it with visions and the events of that time.

Itsi Bitsi

66 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music | Nov. 10, 2012

Itsi Bitsi
Two young progressive people live together in the early 1960s. Their lives revolve around political activities, anti-nuclear actions, love, travel, music, drugs and poetry. And other issues of importance. That they believe in. But in spite of all these motions and movements they drift apart. And their story ends badly. One of the two, Eik Skaløe, the first beat poet singer in Danish, committed suicide in India 1968. The other, Iben Nagel Rasmussen, an Odin Teatret actress since 1966, reflects on her life today and, through the characters of her shows, compares it with visions and the events of that time.
Producers Teatro Eutheca, Odin Teatret
Original title Itsi Bitsi
Directors Eugenio Barba
Writers Eik Skaløe, Iben Nagel Rasmussen

Cast

Iben Nagel Rasmussen

as Itsi Bitsi

Jan Ferslev

as Eik