The Idiots
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lars Von Trier
Marina Bouras
Lone Lindorff
Iris Alboge
Paprika Steen
Michael Moritzen
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Karen, a grieving young woman finds compassion in Stoffer, the leader of a group of young people who attack middle-class sensibilities by pretending to be mentally disabled.
Director
Lars Von Trier
Cast
Marina Bouras
Lone Lindorff
Iris Alboge
Paprika Steen
Michael Moritzen
Jesper Sonderaas
Regitze Estrup
Erik Wedersoe
Louise B Clausen
Troels Lyby
Claus Strandberg
Luis Mesonero
Axel Schmidt
Lotte Munk
Jan Elle
Kirsten Vaupel
Jens Albinus
Christian Friis
Bodil Jørgensen
Lars Bjarke
Louise Mieritz
Svend Erik Plannthin
Birgit Conradi
Trine Michelsen
Hans Henrik Clemensen
Torben Meyrowitsch
Anne-grethe Bjarup Riis
John Martinus
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Ditlev Weddelsborg
Erno Muller
Jens Jorn Spottag
Peter Froge
Lars Von Trier
Julie Wieth
Anders Hove
Anne Louise Hassing
Knud Romer Jorgensen
Ewald Larsen
Henrik Prip
Lilian Tillegren
Albert Wickman
Lis Bente Petersen
Palle Lorentz Emiliussen
Crew
Svend Abrahamsen
Dag Alveberg
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Erik Clausen
Rie Hedegaard
Casper Holm
Casper Holm
Lene Irgens
Jesper Jargil
Jesper Jargil
Peter Aalbaek Jensen
Kim Kristensen
Kim Larsen
Lene Nielsen
Kristoffer Nyholm
Kristoffer Nyholm
Mogens Rukov
Mogens Rukov
Camille Saint-saens
Erik Schut
Marianne Slot
Bent Sorensen
Molly Malene Stensgaard
Per Streit
Jonathan Sydenham
Peter Van Vogelpoel
Lars Von Trier
Lars Von Trier
Johan Winbladh
Vibeke Windel°v
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
"The Idiots" is Lars Von Trier's first film made in accordance with Dogme 95, the artistic movement he co-founded with fellow Scandinavian filmmakers Thomas Vinterberg and Soren Kragh-Jacobsen. Established in the fall of 1995, the group has declared itself "a rescue operation to counter certain tendencies in film today. Dogme 95 opposes the auteur concept, make-up, illusions and dramaturgical predictability. Dogme 95 desires to purge film so that once again the inner lives of characters justify the plot.
Released in United States Spring April 28, 2000 (NY)
Released in United States June 23, 2000 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video October 24, 2000
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media October 15-24, 1998.)
Released in United States November 1998 (Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.)
Released in United States September 2007 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Thematic Retrospective. Cold Fever) September 20-29, 2007.)
Winner of the FIPRESCI International Critic's Prize at the 1998 London Film Festival.
Released in United States Spring April 28, 2000
Released in United States June 23, 2000
Released in United States on Video October 24, 2000
Released in United States October 1998
Released in United States November 1998
Released in United States September 2007
Shown at Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media October 15-24, 1998.
Shown at London Film Festival November 5-19, 1998.
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Thematic Retrospective. Cold Fever) September 20-29, 2007.
