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Epidemic

  • 1987
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
5.7K
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Epidemic (1987)
DramaHorror

A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.

  • Director
    • Lars von Trier
  • Writers
    • Lars von Trier
    • Niels Vørsel
  • Stars
    • Allan De Waal
    • Ole Ernst
    • Michael Gelting
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    6.0/10
    5.7K
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    • Director
      • Lars von Trier
    • Writers
      • Lars von Trier
      • Niels Vørsel
    • Stars
      • Allan De Waal
      • Ole Ernst
      • Michael Gelting
    • 28User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Allan De Waal
    Ole Ernst
    Michael Gelting
    Colin Gilder
    Svend Ali Hamann
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    Claes Kastholm Hansen
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    Ib Hansen
    Anja Hemmingsen
    Kirsten Hemmingsen
    Cæcilia Holbek Trier
      Gert Holbek
      Udo Kier
      Udo Kier
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      Joergen Christian Krueff
        Jan Kornum Larsen
        Gitte Lind
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        Leif Magnusson
        Gunner Ottesen
        Susanne Ottesen
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        • Director
          • Lars von Trier
        • Writers
          • Lars von Trier
          • Niels Vørsel
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        • Trivia
          The story Udo Kier's character Udo tells Lars and Niels, is actually the real story of Udo Kier's birth.
        • Quotes

          Cabbie: What the hell. All a nigger needs are loose shoes, tight pussies, and a warm place to shit.

        • Crazy credits
          The film's title appears in red letters in the upper left corner of the screen for the entire length of the film.
        • Connections
          Featured in The Making of 'Europa' (1991)
        • Soundtracks
          Tannhäuser (The Overture)
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        User reviews28

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        Dogma avant-la-lettre
        EPIDEMIC (Lars von Trier - Demark 1987).

        Von Trier's second feature reveals his obsessions with cinema, with his self-imposed limitations on film-making in many ways foreshadowing Von Trier's later obstructions upon Jorgen Leth in THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS (2003).

        Essentially a film about his own obsessions, or a grand parody on horror, as some suggested. Von, Trier, frustrated by the delay of his never realized project, "The Grand Mal", about two gangster families in divided Berlin, made a bet with film consultant Claes Kastholm of the Danish Film Institute, claiming that he could make a feature film for one million Danish kroner. Resulting partly in an amateur movie about a film director and a scriptwriter who must write a new manuscript in five days, interspersed with scenes from the film they are working on - about a young idealistic doctor in the late 20th century, who tries to fight an epidemic, but only manages to spread it further. The film culminates with the outbreak of a deadly plague, not in the past but in the present. Throughout the film, Von Trier shows his fascination with Germany, for example, during a ride through the "Ruhrgebiet", the industrial core of Europe, or the world, at least during the '80s.

        Camera Obscura --- 8/10
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        • Nov 25, 2006

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        • Release date
          • September 11, 1987 (Denmark)
        • Country of origin
          • Denmark
        • Languages
          • Latin
          • Danish
          • English
        • Also known as
          • Эпидемия
        • Filming locations
          • Copenhagen, Denmark
        • Production companies
          • Elementfilm A/S
          • Det Danske Filminstitut
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        • Gross worldwide
          • $938
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        Technical specs

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        • Runtime
          1 hour 46 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
          • Black and White
        • Sound mix
          • Mono
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.66 : 1

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