| Epidemic | |
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| Directed by | Lars von Trier |
| Written by | Lars von Trier Niels Vørsel |
| Produced by | Jacob Eriksen |
| Starring | Lars von Trier Niels Vørsel |
| Cinematography | Henning Bendtsen |
| Edited by | Thomas Kragh |
| Music by | Peter Bach |
Production companies | Det Danske Filminstitut Elementfilm A/S |
| Distributed by | Angel Films |
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Running time | 106 minutes[1] |
| Country | Denmark |
| Languages | Danish English |
Epidemic is a 1987 Danish experimental medical dark comedy-horror film[2] co-written and directed by Lars von Trier; it is the second installment of Trier's Europa trilogy, following The Element of Crime (1984) and succeeded by Europa (1991).
Co-written by Trier and Niels Vørsel, the film focuses on the screenwriting process. Vørsel and Trier play themselves, coming up with a last-minute script for a producer. The story is inter-cut with scenes from the film they write, in which Trier plays a renegade doctor trying to cure a modern-day epidemic. The film marks the first in a series of collaborations between Trier and Udo Kier.
- ^ Lasagna, Roberto; Lena, Sandra (12 May 2003). Lars von Trier. Gremese Editore. p. 124. ISBN 978-88-7301-543-7. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ "Lars von Trier's Europe Trilogy". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 22 October 2022.