I first saw this as a very young child back in the early 70's and loved it. My opinion hasen't changed. I LOVE this movie and for years I read about the original version, and as usual it was all negative.
How happy I was when I saw that Severin was coming out with the US version and the Danish version. As I said, this is going to be about the Danish one.
There is a lot of difference between the two including the famous shots of Retilicus flying and causing destruction all over the world. Each scene was filmed twice. Once with a Danish cast, the other with all the same actors but in English.
The only difference is blonde and gorgeous Marlies Gehrens replaces Bodil Miller as the female lead coming to help the Danish army defeat the monster. There is also a musical number sung by Danish comedy king Dirch Passer. Passer is in the US version as well, but only as handyman named Peterson.
There is also a side story involving the developing love affair between Svend (Bent Mejding) and Karen Martens (Mimi Henrich) as well as a few other sub plots.
One has to really see both films to know the difference. I don't care what has been written by all of the so called experts of cinema about this movie. I liked both versions, and I prefer the Danish version now that I have had a chance to see it.
It may not be the best monster movie around, but it beats all this modern crap by a mile. I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this to any monster movie fan.
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