The Element of Crime (1984)

Original title

Forbrydelsens element

Directed by

Lars von Trier

Genre

drama film, crime film, art film, thriller film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 228 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An investigator returns to a dystopian Europe to track a serial killer of lottery ticket sellers. He adopts the methods of his former mentor, blurring the line between detective and criminal.

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What happens

The Element of Crime (Danish: Forbrydelsens Element) is a 1984 Danish experimental neo-noir crime film co-written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is the first feature film directed by von Trier and the first installment of the director's Europa trilogy — succeeded by Epidemic (1987) and Europa (1991). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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