R | 1 h 57 min | Drama | Comedy

IMDB 6.8 / 10 (32845 votes)

The Idiots (1998)

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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Description

Writers

Lars von Trier

Stars

Bodil Jørgensen
Karen

Jens Albinus
Stoffer

Anne Louise Hassing
Susanne

Troels Lyby
Henrik

Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Jeppe

Louise Mieritz
Josephine

Henrik Prip
Ped

Luis Mesonero
Miguel

Knud Romer Jørgensen
Axel

Trine Michelsen
Nana

Others...

Budget

2,500,000.00

Revenue

7,235.00

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Keywords

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

Production

Zentropa Entertainments, DR TV

Actor

Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Louise Mieritz, Henrik Prip, Luis Mesonero, Knud Romer Jørgensen, Trine Michelsen, Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis, Paprika Steen, Erik Wedersøe, Michael Moritzen, Anders Hove, Jan Elle, Claus Strandberg, Jens Jørn Spottag, John Martinus, Lars Bjarke, Ewald Larsen, Christian Friis, Louise B. Clausen, Hans Henrik Clemensen, Lone Lindorff, Erno Müller, Regitze Estrup, Lotte Munk, Marina Bouras, Kirsten Vaupel, Lillian Tillegreen, Birgit Conradi, Julie Wieth, Albert Wickmann, Ditlev Weddelsborg, Jesper Sønderaas, Peter Frøge, Bent Sørensen, Lars von Trier

Creators

Lars von Trier (Screenplay), Vibeke Windeløv (Producer), Peter Aalbæk Jensen (Executive Producer), Molly Malene Stensgaard (Editor), Kristian Eidnes Andersen (Sound Engineer), Per Streit (Sound Designer), Marie Louise Hedegaard (Casting), Dag Alveberg (Executive Producer), Svend Abrahamsen (Executive Producer), Erik Schut (Producer), Marianne Slot (Producer), Peter van Vogelpoel (Producer), Casper Holm (Director of Photography), Jesper Jargil (Director of Photography), Kristoffer Nyholm (Director of Photography), Johan Winbladh (Sound Engineer)

Alternative titles

Die Idioten (DE)
Los idiotas (ES)
Os Idiotas (BR)
Idióták (HU)
백치들 (KR)
Les idiots (FR)
Dogma 2: 'The Idiots' (US)
Dogma 95 - Idioterne (US)
Idiotene (NO)

Release dates

22.04.1999 (DE)
28.04.1998 (US)
16.06.2023 (US)
02.10.1998 (PT)
17.07.1998 (DK)
24.11.2022 (CZ)
20.05.1998 (FR)

The Idiots (1998)

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