The Idiots(Movie, 1998)

Name: The Idiots
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1998
Duration: T01:57:00
Rating: 3.2

Original title: "Idioterne" (Danish/DA)

| 1h 57min | Genres: Drama, Comedy

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 242 votes)

The Idiots (Danish: Idioterne) is a 1998 Danish black comedy-drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is his first film made in compliance with the Dogme 95 Manifesto, and is also known as Dogme #2. It is the second film in von Trier's Golden Heart Trilogy, preceded by Breaking the Waves (1996) and succeeded by Dancer in the Dark (2000). It is among the first films to be shot entirely with digital cameras. It was screened at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Palme d’Or, despite being met with widespread criticism upon release. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Idiots

nominated for: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter

About The Idiots

With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.

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Trailer for The Idiots + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official Trailer(Trailer, 0:53)

Official Trailer (Trailer) | The Idiots (1998) (Trailer)

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.dogme95.dk

Production countries: Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden

Plays in: Søllerød Municipality

Made by: Zentropa Entertainments, DR TV

Original language: Danish (DA)

Spoken languages: Danish (DA)

Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 04/28/1998

Cast: Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Louise Mieritz, Marina Bouras, Paprika Steen, Erik Wedersøe, Lars von Trier, Anders Hove, John Martinus, Henrik Prip, Kirsten Vaupel, Birgit Conradi, Claus Strandberg, Lone Lindorff, Hans Henrik Clemensen, Julie Wieth, Trine Michelsen, Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis, Michael Moritzen, Jan Elle, Jens Jørn Spottag, Lars Bjarke, Erno Müller, Lotte Munk, Lillian Tillegreen, Albert Wichmann, Regitze Estrup, Knud Romer, Luis Mesonero

Director: Lars von Trier

Producer: Vibeke Windeløv

Screenwriter: Lars von Trier

Film Editor: Molly Malene Stensgaard

Director of Photography: Lars von Trier

Sound Designer: Per Streit

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Os Idiotas"

"Die Idioten"

"Los idiotas"

"Les idiots"

"Idióták"

"백치들"

"Idiotene"

"Dogma 2: 'The Idiots'"

"Dogma 95 - Idioterne"

Keywords: mentally disabled, bodily disabled person, publicity, psychology, coercion, simulation, normality, commune, idiot, freedom, mockery, lifestyle, test of courage, staging, social control

Budget: 2,500,000 USD

Revenue: 7,235 USD (= 0%)