A Sunday in Hell (1976)

Original title

En forårsdag i Helvede

Directed by

Jørgen Leth

Genre

documentary film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 51m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a 1976 bicycle race from Paris to Roubaix. It shows the racers, the organizers, and the people watching.

documentary-styleobservationalintensesports-focusedfast-pacedimmersivegrittyenergetic

What happens

A Sunday in Hell (original title: En Forårsdag i Helvede) is a 1976 Danish documentary film directed by Jørgen Leth. The film is a chronology of the 1976 Paris–Roubaix bicycle race from the perspective of participants, organizers and spectators. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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