Epidemic

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Epidemic

1987

1h 46m

5.7(130 votes)

Drama

Horror

Overview

A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.

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Cast & Crew

27 members

Directing

Lars von Trier

Self / Dr. Mesmer

Writing

Niels Vørsel

Self

Acting

Claes Kastholm Hansen

Self

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Udo Kier

Self

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Svend Ali Hamann

Self

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Gitte Lind

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Camera

Susanne Ottesen

Self

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Leif Sabro

Pilot

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Allan De Waal

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Ole Ernst

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Michael Gelting

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Colin Gilder

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Ib Hansen

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Anja Hemmingsen

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Kirsten Hemmingsen

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Writing

Cæcilia Holbek Trier

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Gert Holbek

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Joergen Christian Krueff

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Jan Kornum Larsen

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Leif Magnusson

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Gunner Ottesen

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Lennart Pasborg

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Tony Shine

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Mik Skov

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Thorkild Toennesen

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Olaf Ussing

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Michael Simpson

Cabbie / Priest

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