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📅 2000 ⏱ 2h 20min R Released FHD / 4K

Dancer in the Dark

"In a world of shadows, she found the light of life."

DramaCrime

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.

🎬 DirectorLars von Trier

📅 Release2000-09-01

🌍 CountryDenmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden

🗣 LanguageEnglish

🏢 StudioZentropa Entertainments, DR, SVT Drama

🗳 Votes2,007

🔥 Popularity4

💰 Budget$12,500,000

💵 Revenue$40,061,153

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🎭 Cast

Björk

Selma Jezkova

Catherine Deneuve

Kathy

David Morse

Bill Houston

Peter Stormare

Jeff

Joel Grey

Oldrich Novy

Cara Seymour

Linda Houston

Vladica Kostic

Gene Jezkova

Jean-Marc Barr

Norman

Vincent Paterson

Samuel

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Brenda

Željko Ivanek

District Attorney

Udo Kier

Dr. Porkorny

Jens Albinus

Morty

Reathel Bean

Judge

Mette Berggreen

Receptionist

🎥 Crew

Editor François Gédigier

Producer Vibeke Windeløv

Production Design Karl Júlíusson

Director of Photography Robby Müller

Editor Molly Malene Stensgaard

Art Direction Peter Grant

Executive Producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen

Costume Design Manon Rasmussen

Director Lars von Trier

Casting Avy Kaufman

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🏷 Keywords

factory workerindividualimmigrantblindness and impaired visiondancingeye operationsmall townnaivetyhereditary diseaserobberycourtmusical

💬 Reviews

FrontrunnerParis ⭐ 10/10

Dazzling Björk in this indictment against the death sentence, in tight close-ups. This film is a UFO, musical without being.…

badelf ⭐ 6/10

I have tremendous respect for Lars von Trier's work, and I deeply admire his courage in attempting to fuse drama with musical theater. "Dancer in the Dark" is nothing if not audacious. Unfortunately, ambition alone doesn't make a successful film, and this one fails both as a drama and as a musical. As drama, the film stumbles on two fundamental levels. First, the handheld, shaky camera movement…

CinemaSerf ⭐ 7/10

You get a clue as to the slightly surreal nature of the drama right from a start that sees Björk and Catherine Deneuve doing their own amateur dramatics rehearsals of “The Sound of Music”! It turns out that the former, “Selma”, is a Czech immigrant to the USA who is suffering from a progressive blindness that she has passed on to her young son. She knows that he still has time to have cor…