Lisbeth Lynghøft (born 1962) is a Danish director of stage and screen, perhaps best known for the feature erotic film ''

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and Cantabile 2 in

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, and has appeared in a number of stage productions, mainly in Sweden. She started and for five years was artistic leader and director of the ensemble Teatret Bag Døren, based in

, staging such productions as

Arthur Kopit Arthur Lee Kopit (' Koenig; May 10, 1937 – April 2, 2021) was an American playwright. He was a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for '' Indians'' and '' Wings''. He was also nominated for three Tony Awards: Best Play for ''Indians'' (1970) a ...

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Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann ( , ; ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novell ...

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Death in Venice ''Death in Venice ''(German: ''Der Tod in Venedig'') is a novella by German author Thomas Mann, published in 1912. It presents an ennobled writer who visits Venice and is liberated, uplifted, and then increasingly obsessed by the sight of a Poli ...

''. She has also worked as director at Den Nordiske Teaterhøjskole in Sweden. Plays written by Lisbeth Lynghøft include '' A Dimple in the Tomb'', about

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, and '' Passion Propeller''. Films written and directed by Lisbeth Lynghøft include the short subject '' Little Demons'' and the feature film ''

'' (1999).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lynghoft, Lisbeth 1962 births Living people Danish film directors Danish women film directors Women pornographic film directors