Summaries

A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.

A film director and a script writer (performed by Lars von Trier and Niels Vørsel themselves) write a screenplay, in which an epidemic spreads about the whole world. Like the protagonist they do not notice, that a real epidemic is developing around them.—Fredrik Klasson <[email protected]>

The screenwriters Lars and Niels are writing the screenplay of an outbreak like many other plagues in Europe. In the story, the renowned epidemiologist Dr. Mesmer decides to leave the Faculty of Medicine to go to the outskirt of the city to give assistance to the inhabitants. Soon, a mysterious disease is spread in the real world. Then the writers travel to Germany for a meeting and then they visit their producer, where they meet a hypnotized woman that is sick.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • post punk
  • plague
  • filmmaking
  • scriptwriting
  • reference to 'the plague' by albert camus
Genres
  • Horror
  • Drama
Release date Sep 10, 1987
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Denmark
Language English German Latin Danish
Filming locations Copenhagen, Denmark
Production companies Det Danske Filminstitut Elementfilm A/S

Box office

Gross worldwide $938

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 46m
Color Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.66 : 1

Synopsis

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