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Lars von Trier

Epidemic (Epidemic)

Director Lars von Trier Composer Peter Bach Cast Allan De Waal, Ole Ernst, Michael Gelting
106' - 1987 - Drama, Horror - Dialogue: German, Danish, Latin, English
‘Epidemic’, filmed mostly in black & white, features primarily the director himself, his screenwriter and their private cohorts, while a handful of professional actors are seen in sharply etched cameos. A story of a kind is told about helmer and writer devoting 18 months to thinking about a horror film, which has been promised a government production grant, and coming up at the end with only a few visualized sequences ans a 12-page plot outline.

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Credits

Directors

Lars von Trier

Composers

Peter Bach

Cast

Allan De Waal, Ole Ernst, Michael Gelting

Scenario

Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel

Director of Photography

Henning Bendtsen

Editors

Lars von Trier, Thomas Krag

Producers

Jacob Eriksen

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Dialogue

German, Danish, Latin, English

Countries of production

Denmark

Year

1987

Filmography

Lars von Trier
Befrielsesbilleder (1982), The Element of Crime (1984), Epidemic (1987), Europa (1991), Breaking the Waves (1996), The Idiots (1998), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville: The Pilot (2003), The Five Obstructions (2003), Dogville (2003), Manderlay (2005), The Boss of It All (2006), To Each His Own Cinema (2007), Antichrist (2009), Dimension 1991-2024 (2010), Melancholia (2011), Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013), Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013), The House That Jack Built (2018)