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.
π¬ DirectorLars von Trier
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Release2000-09-01
π CountryDenmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
π£ LanguageEnglish
π’ StudioZentropa Entertainments, DR, SVT Drama
π³ Votes1,973
π₯ Popularity4
π° Budget$12,500,000
π΅ Revenue$40,061,153
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π Cast
BjΓΆrk
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
Ε½eljko Ivanek
District Attorney
Udo Kier
Dr. Porkorny
Jens Albinus
Morty
Reathel Bean
Judge
Mette Berggreen
Receptionist
π₯ Crew
Editor
François Gédigier
Producer
Vibeke WindelΓΈv
Production Design
Karl JΓΊlΓusson
Director of Photography
Robby MΓΌller
Editor
Molly Malene Stensgaard
Art Direction
Peter Grant
Executive Producer
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Costume Design
Manon Rasmussen
Director
Lars von Trier
Casting
Avy Kaufman
πΌ Gallery
π· Keywords
factory workerindividualimmigrantblindness and impaired visiondancingeye operationsmall townnaivetyhereditary diseaserobberycourtmusical
π¬ Reviews
Dazzling BjΓΆrk in this indictment against the death sentence, in tight close-ups. This film is a UFO, musical without being.β¦
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 movementβ¦
You get a clue as to the slightly surreal nature of the drama right from a start that sees BjΓΆrk and Catherine Deneuve doing their own amateur dramatics rehearsals of βThe Sound of Musicβ! It turns out that the former, βSelmaβ, 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 corβ¦
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