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The Idiots (1998) [R]

Release Date:
April 28, 1998

Original Title:
Idioterne

Alternate Titles:
Dogma 2: 'The Idiots'
Dogma 95 - Idioterne
Dogme # 2 - Idioterne
Dogme 2
Idiootit
Idiots
Oi ilithioi

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Argus Film Produktie
DR TV
La Sept Cinéma
Liberator Productions
VPRO
ZDF/Arte
Zentropa Entertainments

Production Countries:
Denmark | France | Germany | Netherlands

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16  DK: 15  FR: 12  IT: 14+  JP: R15+  KR: 18  PT: M/16  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 114

Society is the mother of all Idiots.

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With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.

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Assistant Camera:
Ian Hansen
Edvard Friis-Moeller

Assistant Director of Photography:
Kristoffer Nyholm
Casper Holm
Jesper Jargil

Assistant Editor:
Anne Hovad Fischer
Carsten Søsted

Boom Operator:
John Nielsen
Rene Schrøder

Camera Operator:
Jesper Jargil
Kristoffer Nyholm
Casper Holm

Casting:
Rie Hedegaard

Catering:
Annette Buch Petersen

Clapper Loader:
Caroline Sascha Cogez

Co-Producer:
Peter van Vogelpoel
Marianne Slot
Erik Schut

Consulting Editor:
Mogens Rukov

Data Wrangler:
Caroline Sascha Cogez

Director:
Lars von Trier

Director of Photography:
Lars von Trier

Editor:
Molly Malene Stensgaard

Executive Producer:
Peter Aalbæk Jensen

Musician:
Kim Kristensen

Online Editor:
Peter Kornbek

Post Production Coordinator:
Lene Irgens
Anne Katrine Andersen

Producer:
Vibeke Windeløv
Dag Alveberg
Svend Abrahamsen

Producer's Assistant:
Nynne Oldenburg
Mette Nelund

Production Accountant:
Ann Køj
Ann Vognsen

Production Assistant:
Tine Grew Pfeiffer

Production Manager:
Lene Nielsen

Public Relations:
Christel Hammer

Screenplay:
Lars von Trier

Script Consultant:
Mogens Rukov

Sound Designer:
Per Streit

Sound Engineer:
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Johan Winbladh

Still Photographer:
Jan Schut

Thanks:
Niels Vørsel
Bent Hassing

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