THE ELEMENT OF CRIME (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1984
• Genre: Drama; Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Lars von Trier's stunning debut film is the story of Fisher, an exiled ex-cop who returns to his old beat to catch a serial killer with a taste for young girls. Influenced equally by Hitchcock and science fiction, von Trier (Zentropa, Breaking the Waves, The Idiots) boldly reinvents expressionist style for his own cinematic vision of a post-apocalyptic world. Shot in shades of sepia, with occasional, startling flashes of bright blue, The Element Of Crime (Forbrydelsens Element) combines dark mystery and operatic sweep to yield a pure celluloid nightmare.
• Cast: Michael Elphick; Esmond Knight; Me Me Lai; Jerold Wells; Ahmed El Shenawi; Astrid Henning-Jensen; János Herskó; Stig Larsson; Harry Harper; Roman Moszkowicz; Lars Von Trier; Frederik Casby; Duke Addabayo; Jon Bang Carlsen; Leif Magnusson; Preben Lerdorff Rye; Camilla Overbye Roos; Maria Behrendt; Mogens Rukov; Gotha Andersen; Niels Vørsel; William Quarshie
• Director: Lars Von Trier
• Runtime: 1:44
• Company: The Criterion Collection, Home Vision Entertainment, Per Holst Filmproduktion, The Classic Collection, Det Danske Filminstitut
• Media Format: Movie