Epidemic
1987 · Movie · Not Rated · 106 min · ★ 5.7 · 50% critics
A director and screenwriter write a script that starts to blur the line between fiction and reality. As the project develops, what’s on the page begins to feel uncomfortably real.
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Details
- Years
- 1987
- Release date
- 1987-09-11
- Language
- Danish
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Critic score
- 50/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (137 votes)
About
If you enjoy eerie, reality-bending stories like Shadow of the Vampire or The Fan, you may be drawn in by Epidemic’s tight meta premise; Not for you if you prefer clear, straightforward separation between fiction and reality.
Pros: compelling reality blur; tense premise; meta-story focus | Cons: confusing boundaries; slow pacing
Themes
- morgue
Cast & crew
Lars von Trier
as Self / Dr. Mesmer
Niels Vørsel
as Self
Claes Kastholm Hansen
as Self
Udo Kier
as Self
Svend Ali Hamann
as Self
- GL
Gitte Lind
as Self
- SO
Susanne Ottesen
as Self
- LS
Leif Sabro
as Pilot
- AW
Allan De Waal
Ole Ernst
Directed by Lars von Trier