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