The Greeneyed Elephant

The Greeneyed Elephant (Danish: Elefanter på loftet) is a 1960 Danish body-swap comedy directed by Peter Guildbrassen and Sidney W. Pink. It stars Naura Hayden and Delphi Lawrence, and includes Dirch Passer playing a smaller role though top-billed in the marketing.^[1]

The Greeneyed Elephant
VHS cover for 'The Green Eyed Elephant'
Directed by	Peer Guldbrandsen
Written by	Peer Guldbrandsen Sidney W. Pink
Produced by	Hans Barfod
Starring	Naura Hayden, Delphi Lawrence, Dirch Passer
Cinematography	Aage Wiltrup
Edited by	Edith Nisted Nielsen
Music by	Sven Gyldmark
Distributed by	Troma Entertainment
Release date	15 August 1960 (1960-08-15)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish

Premise

Two aspiring actresses accidentally use an ancient Aztec elephant sculpture to switch bodies, thus combining their inner and outer talents, making it possible for one of them to land a coveted role. Based on the novel Turnabout (1931) by Thorne Smith.

Cast

• Dirch Passer - Dennis
• Naura Hayden - Sally Fitzpatrik
• Delphi Lawrence - Lisa
• Ove Sprogøe - Tolderen
• Bjørn Watt-Boolsen - Tom
• Kirsten Passer - Mrs. Kelly
• Phil Baker - Arthur Croft
• Avi Sagild - Sekretær
• Grethe Sønck - Sangerinde
• Peer Guldbrandsen - Instruktøren / fortælleren (voice) (uncredited)
• Gitte Müller - Scriptgirl (uncredited)

Production

The film is in fact a TV pilot that became a feature film.^[2]

Reception

The film is seen as the Danish example of the trope that is body swapping.^[3] As the other two films made by Pink in Denmark, The Green-Eyed Elephant offers no erotic content and was very poorly received by Danish critics^[4]

See also

• Reptilicus, another film written by Pink and starring Passer