Movie
Dancer in the Dark
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-09-01
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Zentropa Entertainments, DR, SVT Drama, ARTE, France 3 Cinéma, Blind Spot Pictures, Liberator Productions, Íslenska kvikmyndasamsteypan, Pain Unlimited Filmproduktion, Trust Film Svenska, Cinematograph, What Else?, ARTE France Cinéma, Film i Väst, WDR
- Country
- Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Björk as Selma Jezkova
- Catherine Deneuve as Kathy
- David Morse as Bill Houston
- Peter Stormare as Jeff
- Joel Grey as Oldrich Novy
- Cara Seymour as Linda Houston
- Vladica Kostic as Gene Jezkova
- Jean-Marc Barr as Norman
- Vincent Paterson as Samuel
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Brenda
- Željko Ivanek as District Attorney
- Udo Kier as Dr. Porkorny
Crew
- Lars von Trier - Director
- Lars von Trier - Writer
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