Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier; 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches. He is known for his female-centric parables and his exploration of controversial subject matter. Von Trier began making his own films at the age of 11 after receiving a Super-8 camera as a gift, and his first publicly released film was an experimental short called The Orchid Gardener, in 1977. His first feature film came seven years later, The Element of Crime, in 1984. As of 2010, he has directed a further 10 feature films, 5 short films and 4 television productions. He has been married twice and is currently married to Bente Frøge. Von Trier suffers periodically from depression, as well as various fears and phobias, including an intense fear of flying. As he himself once put it, "Basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except filmmaking".
To Each His Own Cinema
as The filmmaker (segment "Occupations")Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema"...
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The Idiots
as Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform....
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The Boss of It All
as Narrator (uncredited)An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business...
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Bergman: A Year in a Life
as SelfA focuses on 1957, one of the most prolific years for the Swedish director. During the year he...
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Side by Side
as SelfSince the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film....
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The Element of Crime
as Schmuck of AgesFisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims...
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The Kingdom
as Self (uncredited)Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main...
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Trespassing Bergman
as SelfIn the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island...
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The Five Obstructions
as Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")Lars von Trier challenges his mentor, filmmaker Jørgen Leth, to remake Leth’s 1967 short film...
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Europa
as JewA young, idealist American gets a job as a train conductor for the Zentropa railway network in...
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Epidemic
as Self / Dr. MesmerA director and a screenwriter write a screenplay together about a globally spreading epidemic....
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The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1
as NarratorErik Nietzsche is an intelligent but in many ways inexperienced shy young man who is convinced...
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Dogville Confessions
as SelfA documentary on the creation of Lars von Trier's fascinating drama Dogville starring amongst...
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The Kingdom II
as Self (uncredited)Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main...
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Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in...
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Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier
as uncreditedA portrait of Denmark's most acclaimed and controversial director, Lars von Trier. A meeting...
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Living the Light: Robby Müller
as SelfFor her extraordinary film essay, Living the Light, Director and Director of Photography Claire...
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100 Cameras: Capturing Lars von Trier's Vision
as uncreditedA behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Dancer in the Dark" by Lars von Trier.
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A Conversation with Lars von Trier
as IntervieweeFilmmaker Eva Ziemsen was determined to interview renowned film director, Lars von Trier. Her...
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Arteholic
as uncreditedPalm Springs resident and film and art legend Udo Kier is "arteholic". He lives, breathes and...
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The Missing Films
as HimselfMaking film wears down director Lars von Trier, but he is not able to live without them. In the...
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… But Film Is My Mistress
as SelfGuided by Liv Ullmann and with commentaries from a number of prominent filmmakers for whom...
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Von Trier's 100 Eyes
as SelfAlthough at first sight this might look like a simple ‘making of DANCER IN THE DARK’, the later...
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The Name of This Film Is Dogme95
as SelfThe Name of this Film is Dogme95 is an irreverent documentary exploring the origins of Dogme95,...
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I Am Curious, Film
as SelfThe Scandinavian entry in the BFI's Century of Cinema series of documentaries
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Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
as Self / Director / DevilGet an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creative challenges Lars von Trier presents his...
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The Idiots Who Started The Party
as HimselfDanish film has never felt stronger on the international stage than it did with the Dogme films,...
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Filmbyen, la nouvelle Mecque du cinéma ?
as selfFilmbyen is a cinema-town created by Lars Von Trier (director) et Peter Aalbek Jensen...
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Goodbye, I'm Kurt
as BørgeA story of 6-year-old Alberte who decides to leave her parents, because they are always busy...
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Bergmans video
as SelfIn the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island...
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The Humiliated
as uncreditedA very intimate look on Lars von Trier and his cast and crew, during the production of "The Idiots".
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Menthe: The Benefactor
as uncreditedBased on the sadomasochistic novel by Dominique Aury, "Story of O", tells the story of a...
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The Purified
as HimselfThe filmmakers who created the Dogme Manifesto reflect, argue, and watch clips of their own films.
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The Orchid Gardener
as Victor MorseA young, mentally ill man, a visual artist in crisis Victor Marse (Lars von Trier) meets two...
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Good Night, Dear
as uncreditedLars von Trier himself has one of the lead roles in this short film about a bank employee being...
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FreeDogme
as himselfMarie Berthelius and Roger Narbonne conference call Lars von Trier, Win Wenders, Lone Scherfig,...
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The Exhibited
as uncreditedJesper Jargil's documentary portrait of a bizarre piece of Danish experimental theater directed...
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Colors
as Fuck Putas EditionThe most suffocating is the awareness that nothing is happening. All the veins are drying...
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Ernst-Hugo
as SelfA gripping portrait of the dramatic, extravagant and ego-centric actor Ernst-Hugo Järegård...
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The Copyist
as SelfIt is the young Christian Tafdrup's (Tafdrup himself) greatest wish to become a real film...
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Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck
as Lars von TrierLars von Trier was interviewed by Christian Lund at his home outside Copenhagen in November 2020.
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The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as SelfA worldwide guided tour of the greatest movies ever made and the story of international cinema...
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Clandestine Summer
as LarsSummer vacation. But Lars remain in town for his parents must work. One day as he bikes around,...
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