The Idiots
"Society is the mother of all Idiots."
1998-04-28
6.483
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A mix of home-video and documentary styles about a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.
Screenplay
Lars von Trier
Executive Producer
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Director of Photography
Lars von Trier
Editor
Molly Malene Stensgaard
Sound Designer
Per Streit
Sound Engineer
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
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Status
ReleasedRevenue
$7,200Budget
$2,500,000Countries
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Netherlands
Companies
- Zentropa Entertainments
- DR TV
- La Sept Cinéma
- Liberator Productions
