Dancer in the Dark (2000)

Regisseur:

Lars von Trier

Drehbuchautor:

Lars von Trier (written by)

Premierendatum:

6. Oktober 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Musical | Drama

Werbezeile:

You don't need eyes to see.

Plot:

An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Dream Like | Tragedy | Surreal | Prison

Auszeichnungen:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 21 wins & 33 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

A "Musical" like no other before it...

Besetzung

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	...	Brenda
Zeljko Ivanek	...	District Attorney
Udo Kier	...	Dr. Porkorny
Jens Albinus	...	Morty
Reathel Bean	...	Judge
Mette Berggreen	...	Receptionist
Lars Michael Dinesen	...	Defense Attorney
Katrine Falkenberg	...	Suzan
Michael Flessas	...	Angry Man
John Randolph Jones	...	Detective
Noah Lazarus	...	Officer of the Court
Sheldon Litt	...	Visitor
Andrew Lucre	...	Clerk of Court
John Martinus	...	Chairman
Luke Reilly	...	New Defense Counsel
T.J. Rizzo	...	Boris
Stellan Skarsgård	...	Doctor
Sean-Michael Smith	...	Person in Doorway
Paprika Steen	...	Woman on Night Shift
Eric Voge	...	Officer
Nick Wolf	...	Man with Hood
Timm Zimmermann	...	Guard
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Troels Asmussen	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Marianne Bengtsson	...	Dancer (uncredited)

Regie
Lars von Trier		(as Lars Von Trier)

Buch
Lars von Trier		(written by) (as Lars Von Trier)

Produktion
Malte Forsell	....	line producer
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson	....	associate producer (as Fridrik Thór Fridriksson)
Finn Gjerdrum	....	associate producer
Mogens Glad	....	associate producer
Anja Grafers	....	associate producer
Tony Grob	....	line producer: USA
Torleif Hauge	....	associate producer
Peter Aalbæk Jensen	....	executive producer
Lars Jönsson	....	co-executive producer
Tero Kaukomaa	....	associate producer
Poul Erik Lindeborg	....	associate producer
Leo Pescarolo	....	collaborating producer
Marianne Slot	....	co-executive producer
Els Vandevorst	....	associate producer
Vibeke Windeløv	....	producer

Originalmusik
Björk

Kamera
Robby Müller

Schnitt
François Gédigier
Molly Marlene Stensgård		(as Molly Marlene Stensgaard)

Casting
Avy Kaufman

Szenenbild
Karl Júlíusson

Bauten/Dekorationsbau (art directors)
Peter Grant

Kostüme
Manon Rasmussen

Maske/Frisuren
Michelle Crane	....	key hair stylist: second unit (as Michelle Ahern)
Michelle Crane	....	key makeup artist: second unit (as Michelle Ahern)
Cédric Gérard	....	makeup artist: Catherine Deneuve
Sanne Gravfort	....	makeup artist
Morten Jacobsen	....	special makeup effects artist
John Nollet	....	hair stylist: Catherine Deneuve
Ursula Rödel	....	makeup artist: Catherine Deneuve

Produktionsleiter (production managers)
Joakim Höglund	....	unit manager
Jonas Overton	....	assistant unit manager

Regieassistenten
Caroline Sascha Cogez	....	assistant director
Damian Payne	....	assistant director: second unit
Anders Refn	....	first assistant director
Anders Refn	....	second unit director

Ausstattung (Stab)
Mary Buri	....	propmaster: second unit
Nicola Hewitt	....	set decorator: second unit
Jesper Lorents	....	property master

Ton Stab
Kristian Eidnes Andersen	....	supervising sound editor
Guy Sigsworth	....	sound processor: Celesta
Ad Stoop	....	boom operator
Per Streit	....	sound designer
Damian Taylor	....	sound processor: Celesta
Paul Walton	....	additional sound recordist
Mark Kenna	....	consultant: Dolby film sound (uncredited)

Stunts
Stig Günther	....	stunts

Kamera und Elektrik (Stab)
Frank Berger	....	gaffer
Edvard Friis-Moeller	....	head of 100 camera department
Peter Hjorth	....	technical director: 100 camera unit
David Koskas	....	still photographer
Morten Nybø	....	electrician
Helene Sandberg	....	still photographer intern
Harri Sipilä	....	electrician
Jean-Robert Viallet	....	video assistant
Lars von Trier	....	camera operator (as Lars Von Trier)
Marcel Zyskind	....	additional camera operator
Marcel Zyskind	....	focus puller
Kristoffer Andrén	....	assistant camera: Sweden (uncredited)

Casting (Stab)
Joyce Nettles	....	casting: UK

Kostüm und Garderobe (Stab)
Jalene Murphy	....	set costumer
Louize Nissen	....	assistant costume designer

Schnitt (Stab)
Christine Ekstrand	....	post-production assistant
Peter Hjorth	....	additional editor
Yvan Lucas	....	color timer

Musik (Stab)
Mark Bell	....	music producer
Mark Bell	....	music programmer
Björk	....	music arranger: choral
Björk	....	music producer
Björk	....	musician: celesta
Björk	....	vocal editor
Geoff Foster	....	score recordist
Vincent Mendoza	....	conductor
Vincent Mendoza	....	music arranger
Vincent Mendoza	....	orchestrator
Scott Rodger	....	music manager
Greg Rogers	....	music consultant
Guy Sigsworth	....	musician: celesta
Valgeir Sigurðsson	....	music editor
Valgeir Sigurðsson	....	music mixer
Valgeir Sigurðsson	....	music programmer
Valgeir Sigurðsson	....	music recordist
Mark Stent	....	music mixer: songs (as Mark 'Spike' Stent)
Ray Williams	....	music consultant
Charlie Morgan	....	musician: drums (uncredited)

Transporte
Thomas Garris	....	transportation captain

Restlicher Stab
Sedsel Andersen	....	continuity
Mattias Andersson	....	runner
Andrea F. Cannistraci	....	legal services
Linda Daae	....	continuity
Roger D. Faires	....	location manager: USA
Peter Garde	....	financial advisor
Andrea Helgadóttir	....	assistant: Björk
Carsten Holst	....	assistant: Lars von Trier
Joga Jóhannsdóttir	....	assistant: Björk (as Joga Johannsdottir)
Per Kirkeby	....	overture sequence
Søren Kloch	....	digital film transfer
Hans Lönnerheden	....	completion bond
Liz Miller	....	unit publicist
Mette Nelund	....	financial coordinator
Pia Severin Nielsen	....	assistant: Vibeke Windeløv
Vincent Paterson	....	choreographer
Charlotte Pedersen	....	assistant: Vibeke Windeløv
Cecilie Rui	....	assistant: Vibeke Windeløv
Chris Sanger	....	assistant: Marianne Slot
Sean-Michael Smith	....	dialogue coach
Line Spanning	....	travel coordinator
Jonathan Sydenham	....	script translator
Nicholas Vroman	....	unspecified assistant
James Wilson	....	production executive: FilmFour
Karrie Melendrez	....	story analyst (uncredited)

Produktionsfirmen

• Zentropa Entertainments (presented by)
• Trust Film Svenska (presented by)
• Film i Väst (presented by)
• Liberator Productions (presented by)
• Pain Unlimited GmbH Filmproduktion (co-production)
• Cinematograph A/S (co-production)
• What Else? B.V. (co-production)
• Icelandic Film (as Icelandic Film Corporation)
• Blind Spot Pictures Oy (co-production)
• France 3 Cinéma (co-production)
• Danmarks Radio (DR) (as Danish Broadcasting Corporation) (co-production)
• arte France Cinéma (co-production)
• SVT Drama (co-production)
• Arte (co-production)
• Angel Films (in collaboration with)
• Canal+ (in collaboration with)
• FilmFour (in collaboration with)
• Fine Line Features (in collaboration with)
• Filmek A/S (in collaboration with)
• Constantin Film Produktion (in collaboration with) (as Constantin Film)
• Lantia Cinema & Audiovisivi (in collaboration with)
• TV 1000 (in collaboration with)
• VPRO Television (in collaboration with)
• Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (in collaboration with)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (in collaboration with)
• Memfis Film

Verleihfirmen

• Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB (2000) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Fine Line Features (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD) (widescreen)
• Angel Films (????) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (????) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Constantin Film (????) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (????) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• EDKO Film (????) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• FilmFour (????) (UK) (theatrical)
• Golem Distribución (????) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Gutek Film (????) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Icelandic Film (????) (Iceland) (theatrical)
• Imagem Filmes (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Instituto Luce (????) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Les Films du Losange (????) (France) (theatrical)
• Nachshon Films (2000) (Israel) (all media)
• New Line Home Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Palace Films (????) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (????) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Norge A/S (????) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo (????) (Japan) (theatrical)
• UPS (????) (Netherlands) (theatrical)

Weitere Firmen

• Det Danske Filminstitut  supported by
• Eurimages  supported by
• Swedish Film Institute  supported by
• Norwegian Film Institute  supported by
• Icelandic Film Center  supported by (as Icelandic Film Fund)
• Finnish Film Foundation  supported by
• Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen  supported by
• Foundation for Audiovisual Production  supported by
• Nederlands Fonds voor de Film  supported by
• CoBo Fonds  supported by
• Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond  supported by
• MEDIA Programme of the European Union  supported by
• Epstein, Levinsohn, Bodine, Hurwitz & Weinstein  legal services
• Falco Ink.  publicity

Alternativ:

Dancer in the Dark (Denmark) (France)
Myrkradansarinn (Iceland)
Taps (Denmark) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Länge:

140 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | UK | France | Deutschland | Italy | Denmark | Sweden | Netherlands | Finland | Norway | Iceland

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Italy:T | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | New Zealand:R13 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:12 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Drehorte:

Arlington, Washington, USA

Firma:

Zentropa Entertainments

Dies und das:

Writer-director Lars von Trier's first draft screenplay was called "Taps" and featured tap dancing in every scene. Choreographer Vincent Paterson convinced von Trier that it would be far too difficult, if not impossible, to teach something as "technical" as tap dancing to Björk and the other cast members within a reasonable period of time. Von Trier rewrote the screenplay so that the songs would be more in the style of "traditional" Hollywood musicals, but retained some of the tap-dancing motif with the character of Oldrich Novy.

Pannen:

Fehler, die von Charakteren gemacht werden (möglicherweise Absicht der Filmemacher): Selma nicknames Kathy with the wrong pronunciation - kvalda, instead of tsvalda. If Selma was of Czech origin, she would make such a mistake.

Dialogzitate:

Lines on screen: They say it's the last song. They don't know us, you see. It's only the last song if we let it be.

Querbezüge:

Bezug enthalten in Sal de Prata (2005)

Soundtrack:

NEW WORLD (OVERTURE)

A "Musical" like no other before it...

Gene Kelly's musicals may never have tempted a tear, but this film sure did. This is the most creative and powerful film I've seen this year. I just got back so it will take a while to absorb where it fits in the hierarchy of great movies, but it is one of the few 10's I have ever given on IMDB. I went in knowing nothing other then that Bjork was the lead and that it was a Cannes favorite, I and was rewarded greatly. I am not closed minded, but I thought I would never again find a musical that so wrapped you up in the emotional core of the piece, such as the musicals that I enjoyed in my youth. Its style is experimental enough that I would be surprised if it got a Best Film Oscar nod, but never would I be surprised for any honors bestowed on Bjork, who torturingly WAS Selma for those two painful hours. She is a goddess.