Epidemic (1987)
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Director Lars von Trier stars in a double role in this experimental horror fantasy. He pretentiously portrays a director who spends a year and a half preparing to make a horror film with help from a government grant. In the second part, he plays a young physician who unknowingly has a plague virus planted in his medical bag. Fantasy sequences depict the possible horror that could come if the virus is unleashed on the public. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lars von Trier
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Epidemic
Director Lars von Trier stars in a double role in this experimental horror fantasy. He pretentiously portrays a director who spends a year and a half preparing to make a horror film with help from a government grant. In the second part, he plays a young physician who unknowingly has a plague virus planted in his medical bag. Fantasy sequences depict the possible horror that could come if the virus is unleashed on the public. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 106 mins
Complete Cast of Epidemic
- Lars von Trier - The Film Director
- Udo Kier - Udo Kier
- Ole Ernst - Orthopedist
- Colin Gilder
- Lennart Pasborg
- Niels Vørsel - The Screenwriter
- Olaf Ussing - Pathologist
- Michael Simpson - Priest
- Leif Magnusson
- Director(s):
- Lars von Trier
- Writer(s):
- Niels Vørsel, Lars von Trier
- Categories:
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Horror
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