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Directed by: Lars von Trier
Featuring: Michael Elphick, Lars von Trier, Jean-Marc Barr, Esmond Knight, Niels Vørsel, Barbara Sukowa, Meme Lai, Claes Kastholm Hansen, Udo Kier, Jerold Wells, Susanne Ottesen, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Ahmed El Shenawi, Jorgen Christian Krueff, Erik Mørk, Astrid Henning-Jensen, Cæcilia Holbek, Jørgen Reenberg, János Herskó, Leif Magnusson, Henning Jensen, Preben Leerdorff-Rye, Olaf Ussing, Eddie Constantine, Gotha Andersen, Ole Ernst, Max von Sydow, Michael Simpson, Svend Ali Hamann, Gitte Lind
With his dazzling first three features, Lars von Trier sought nothing less than to map the soul of Europe—its troubled past, anxious present, and uncertain future. Linked by a fascination with hypnotic states and the mesmeric possibilities of cinema, the films that make up the Europe Trilogy—The Element of Crime, Epidemic, and Europa—filter the continent’s turbulent history, guilt, and traumas through the Danish provocateur’s audacious deconstructions of genres including film noir, melodrama, horror, and science fiction. Above all, they are bravura showcases for von Trier’s hallucinatory visuals, with each shot a tour de force of technical invention and dark imagination.
Details by Film
The Element of Crime
Year: 1984
Time: 104
Aspect Ratios
1.85:1
Audio
English PCM Mono 1.0
Streaming Options
32719.
+23643
Epidemic
Year: 1987
Time: 106
Aspect Ratios
1.66:1
Audio
English PCM Mono 1.0
Streaming Options
19967.
+13679
Europa
Year: 1991
Time: 107
Aspect Ratios
2.39:1
Audio
English PCM Stereo 2.0
Streaming Options
25272.
+18602
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (3 Discs)
Total: 3 Discs
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
1.66:1
2.39:1
Audio Options:
English PCM Stereo 2.0
English PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Documentary, Theatrical Trailer, Audio Commentary, Interview, Featurette, Short Film, Booklet
- Audio commentary for The Element of Crime featuring director Lars von Trier, cinematographer Tom Elling and editor Tomas Gislason
- Audio commentary for The Element of Crime featuring film scholar Peter Schepelern and filmmaker and critic Stig Björkman
- Tranceformer: A Portrait of Lars von Trier (1997), a documentary by Stig Björkman
- Storyboarding "The Element of Crime": interview with cinematographer Tom Elling
- Ennenstadt Europa - The Making of "The Element of Crime": 1984 documentary on the making of the film featuring interviews with director Lars von Trier, executive producer Per Holst, and actors Michael Elphick and Meme Lai, plus more
- Anecdotes from "The Element of Crime": 2005 documentary featuring interviews with film scholar Peter Schepelern, film and sound editor Tómas Gislason, assistant director Åke Sandgren, executive producer Per Holst, prop master Peter Grant, production manager Per Arman, gaffer Birger Larsen, and sound recordist Henrik Fleischer
- Two short student films by von Trier: Nocturne (1980) and Images of Liberation (1982)
- Trailer for The Element of Crime
- Audio commentary for Epidemic featuring director Lars von Trier and screenwriter and actor Niels Vørsel
- Danish television interview with Lars von Trier from 1991
- Anecdotes from Epidemic: a short 2005 documentary on the making of the film featuring interviews with film scholar Peter Schepelern, screenwriter and actor Niels Vørsel, cinematographer Kristoffer Nyholm, actors Udo Kier and Michael Simpson, and film consultant Claes Kastholm Hansen
- From Dreyer to von Trier: interview with director of photography Henning Bendtsen
- Trailer for Epidemic
- Audio commentary for Europa featuring director Lars von Trier and producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen
- Audio commentary for Europa featuring director Lars von Trier and actors Jean-Marc Barr and Udo Kier
- The Making of “Europa” (1991), a documentary following the film from storyboarding to production
- Anecdotes from Europa (2005), a short documentary featuring interviews with film historian Peter Schepelern, actor Jean-Marc Barr, producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen, assistant director Tómas Gislason, co-writer Niels Vørsel, and prop master Peter Grant
- Lars von Trier - Anecdotes: a short 2005 documentary about various collaborators' experiences working director Lars von Trier features interviews with costume designer Manon Rasmussen, film-school teacher Mogens Rukov, editor/director Tómas Gislason, producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen, art director Peter Grant, actor Michael Simpson, production manager Per Arman, actor Ole Ernst
- The Emotional Music Script for "Europa": Interview with composer Joachim Holbek
- A Conversation with Lars von Trier: the director talks about the Europe Trilogy
- Trier’s Element (1991), a documentary featuring an interview with Lars von Trier, and footage from the set and Europa’s Cannes premiere and press conference
- Trailer for Europa
- Booklet featuring an essay by Howard Hampton
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