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The Element of Crime. The Element of Crime ( Danish: Forbrydelsens Element) is a 1984 experimental neo-noir crime film co-written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is the first feature film directed by von Trier and the first installment of the director's Europa trilogy – succeeded by Epidemic (1987) and Europa (1991).
May 14, 1984 · The Element of Crime: Directed by Lars von Trier. With Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai, Jerold Wells. A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Lars von Trier
- 1984-05-14
The Element of Crime. Fisher (Michael Elphick), an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to find the ...
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- Michael Elphick
- Lars Von Trier
- Sci-Fi
Jan 17, 2023 · Original title: Forbrydelsens elementDirected by: Lars von TrierYear: 1984Country: DenmarkGenre(s): Crime, Sci-fi, ThrillerRated: NRSYNOPSIS:Fisher, an ex-de...
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- 6.9K
- Allusion to Shadow
Film and sound editor. Tómas Gislason. Wardrobe. Manon Rasmussen. Music composed by. Bo Holten. Lars von Trier’s stunning debut feature is a grungily expressionistic hallucination—a trancelike trawl through fractured memories, a murder mystery, and the psychic limbo of cultural displacement. From his exile in Cairo, a former police ...
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Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to find the culprit, turns to Osbourne, a writer who was once respected for his contributions to the field of criminology. Fisher begins to use Osbourne's technique, which involves empathizing with serial killers; however, as the detective becomes ...
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The Element of Crime. Exiled in Cairo, ex-cop Fisher relives his memories of his last case when working in dystopian Europe, where his disgraced former mentor asks ...