Dancer in the Dark

Name: Dancer in the Dark
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2000-09-01
Duration: 2 h 20 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey

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Dancer in the Dark (2000)

Timing: 2:20 (140 min)

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Release date

2000-09-01

Country

Argentina, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Genre

Drama, Crime

Budget

$12 800 000

Box office

$40 031 879

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Director

Lars von Trier

Actors

Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey, Cara Seymour, Vladica Kostic, Jean-Marc Barr, Vincent Paterson, Siobhan Fallon Hogan
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Scenario

Lars von Trier

Producer

Vibeke Windeløv, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Finn Gjerdrum, Mogens Glad, Anja Grafers, Torleif Hauge, Tero Kaukomaa, Poul Erik Lindeborg, Els Vandevorst, Leo Pescarolo

Camera operator

Robby Müller

Composer

Björk

Artist

Karl Júlíusson

Audition

Avy Kaufman, Joyce Nettles

Editing

François Gédigier, Molly Malene Stensgaard
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Short description

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, escaping life's troubles - even if just for a moment - by dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.

What's left behind the scenes

The role of Katie was originally intended for an African-American actress, but for the sake of Catherine Deneuve, who very much wanted to participate in Lars von Trier's new project, he rewrote the script.
At the beginning of the film, in the scene where workers leave the factory, a man and a woman with two children can be noticed near the parking lot. The woman is Bente von Trier, the director’s wife, and the children are Lars von Trier’s two sons.
Trier wanted to make a cameo appearance in the film – he was supposed to play an angry man scolding Selma and Katie in a cinema, but he later gave the role to another actor.
The judge’s name is E.D. Mantle. This is a tribute to Anthony Dod Mantle, who was the cinematographer on three films associated with the Dogme 95 movement ("The Celebration” (1998), “Mifune’s Last Song” (1999) and “Julien Donkey-Boy” (1999)).
Initially, Stellan Skarsgård was supposed to play Jeff, but due to his commitment to "Aberdeen" (2000), he appeared in only two scenes as Dr. Selma.
The judge's name is E.D. Mantle. This is a tribute to Anthony Dod Mantle, who was the cinematographer on three films related to the Dogme 95 movement ("The Celebration" (1998), "Mifune's Last Song" (1999), and "Julien Donkey-Boy" (1999)).
At the beginning of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998), the song "My Favourite Things" plays, which also appears in "Dancer in the Dark" (2000). As the characters in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" drive to this song, they pass a sign that reads "Selma."
Stellan Skarsgård was originally intended to play Jeff, but due to his commitments to "Aberdeen" (2000), he appeared in only two scenes as Dr. Selma.
The role of Katie was originally intended for an African-American actress, but von Trier rewrote the script for Catherine Deneuve, who was very eager to participate in his new project.
At the beginning of the film, in the scene where the workers leave the factory, a man and a woman with two children can be seen near the parking lot. The woman is Bente von Trier, the director's wife, and the children are Lars von Trier's two sons.
Von Trier wanted to make a cameo appearance in the film—he was supposed to play the angry man who scolds Selma and Katie in the cinema, but he later gave the role to another actor.
The judge's name is E.D. Mantle. This is a tribute to Anthony Dod Mantle, who served as the cinematographer for three Dogme 95 films ("The Celebration" (1998), "The Idiots" (1998), and "Mifune's Last Song" (1999)).
The song "My Favourite Things" plays at the beginning of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1998) and also appears in "Dancer in the Dark" (2000). While the characters in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" are driving to this song, they pass a sign that says "Selma".