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Blu-ray edition. |
| Description |
3 videodiscs (103 min., 106 min., 112 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (23 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 17 cm). |
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stamping rdapm |
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auditory captions |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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mono rdacpc except Europe |
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stereo rdacpc Europe |
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Blu-ray |
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region A rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 1168 |
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Criterion collection ; 1168.
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| Note |
English SDH |
| System Details |
Blu-ray; region A; requires Blu-ray player. |
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Title from container. |
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Blu-ray special features: 4K digital restoration of Europa and 3K digital restorations of The element of crime and Epidemic, all approved by director Lars von Trier, with uncompressed stereo or monaural soundtracks; audio commentaries featuring von Trier and others; Tranceformer: a portait of Lars von Trier (1997), a documentary by Stig Björkman; interview from 2005 with von Tier about Europe trilogy; making of commentaries; programs on the films featuring interviews with many of von Trier's collaborations ; two short student films by von Trier: Nocturne (1980) and Images of liberation (1982); Danish television interview with von Trier from 1991; trailers. |
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Includes booklet with essay by Howard Hampton (23 pages ; 17 cm.). |
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Originally produced in Denmar as motion pictures in 1984, 1987, and 1991. |
| Cast |
The dlement of crime: Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Meme Lai, Jerold Wells. |
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Epidemic: Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel, Claes Kastholm Hansen, Susanne Ottesen, Udo Kier. |
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Europa: Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Erik Mørk, Jørgen Reenberg, Henning Jensen, Eddie Constantine, Lars Von Trier; narrator, Max Von Sydow. |
| Credits |
The Element of crime: director of photography, Tom Elling; music, Bo Holten; editor, Tómas Gislason. |
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Epidemic: director of photography, Henning Bendtsen; music, Peter Bach; editor, Lars Von Trier, Thomas Krag ; production company Elementfilm. |
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Europa: directors of photography, Henning Bendtsen, Jean-Paul Meurisse, Edward Kłosiński; editor, Hervé Schneid; composer, Jokim Holbek. |
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Wide screen. |
| Summary |
The element of crime: "From his exile in Cairo, a former police investigator (Michael Elphick) undergoes hypnosis in order to relive his memories of Europe and his last case, for which he went to dangerous lengths to enter into the mind of and catch a serial killer targeting children."--Publisher's website. |
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Epidemic: "The filmmaker himself stars as a harried screenwriter whose efforts to complete a script about the outbreak of a deadly disease coincide with a grisly real-life plague."--Publisher's website. |
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Europa: "An idealistic American (Jean-Marc Barr) travels to postwar Germany to take a job as a sleeping-car conductor for the Zentropa railways- and finds himself plunged into a murky, Kafkaesque world of intrigue and betrayal where the shadow of Nazism hovers menacingly over everything."--Publish' website. |
| Contents |
The element of crime (AKA : Forbrydelsens element, 1984, 103 min., color, 1.89:1, mono) / Per Holist Filmproduction presents ; directed by Lars von Trier ; screenplay by Lars von Terier & Niels Vørsel -- Epidemic (1987, 106 min., black and white/color, 1.66:1, mono) / Lars von Trier, Elementfilm ; manuskript Lars von Trier & Niels Vørsel ; producer, Jacob Eriksen -- Europa (1991, 112 min., black and white/color, 2.39:1, stereo) / a Danish-French-German-Swedish coproduction ; produced by Gunner Obel & Nordisk Film & TV A/S [and 4 others] ; director, Lars von Trier ; producers, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Bo Christensen ; screenplay: Lars von Terier & Niels Vørsel. |
| Language |
English dialogue (The element of crime); Danish and English dialogues (Epidemic), English and German dialogues (Europa); English subtitles for Epidemic and Europa ; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) for all three films. |
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Screenwriters -- Drama.
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Plague -- Drama.
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Epidemics -- Drama.
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Serial murder investigation -- Germany -- Drama.
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Serial murderers -- Germany -- Drama.
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Ex-police officers -- Drama.
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Denazification -- Germany -- Drama.
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Railroad conductors -- Germany -- Drama.
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Railroads -- Germany -- Drama.
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Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 -- Drama.
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Denazification. (OCoLC)fst00890254
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Epidemics. (OCoLC)fst00914079
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Ex-police officers. (OCoLC)fst00917462
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Plague. (OCoLC)fst01065045
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Railroad conductors. (OCoLC)fst01088587
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Railroads. (OCoLC)fst01088711
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Screenwriters. (OCoLC)fst01109351
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Serial murder investigation. (OCoLC)fst01113109
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Serial murderers. (OCoLC)fst01113110
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Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
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| Chronological Term |
1945-1955
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Detective and mystery films. (OCoLC)fst01710476
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Experimental films. (OCoLC)fst01710354
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Thrillers (Motion pictures) (OCoLC)fst01726193
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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War films. (OCoLC)fst01710402
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Detective and mystery films.
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Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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War films.
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Experimental films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Trier, Lars von, 1956- film director, screenwriter, actor, editor of moving image work.
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Vørsel, Niels, screenwriter, actor.
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Elphick, Michael, 1946-2002, actor.
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Knight, Esmond, 1906-1987, actor.
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Lai, Me Me, actor.
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Wells, Jerold, 1908-1999, actor.
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Elling; Tom, director of photography.
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Holten, Bo, composer (expression)
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Gislason, Tómas, 1961- editor of moving image work.
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Hansen, Claes Kastholm, actor.
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Ottesen, Susanne, actor.
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Bach, Peter (Composer), composer (expression)
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Krag, Thomas, editor of moving image work.
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Bendtsen, Henning, 1925-2011, director of photography.
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Jensen, Peter Aalbæk, 1956- film producer.
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Christensen, Bo, 1937-2020, film producer.
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Sydow, Max von, 1929-2020, narrator.
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Kier, Udo, actor.
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Barr, Jean-Marc, 1960- actor.
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Sukowa, Barbara, 1950- actor.
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Järegård, Ernst-Hugo, 1928-1998, actor.
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Mørk, Erik, actor.
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Reenberg, Jørgen, 1927- actor.
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Jensen, Henning, 1943- actor.
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Constantine, Eddie, 1917-1993, actor.
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Meurisse, Jean-Paul, director of photograpy.
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Kłosiński, Edward, 1943-2008, director of photograpy.
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Schneid, Hervé, editor of moving image work.
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Holbek, Joachim, composer (expression)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Element of crime, Epidemic, Europa |
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Container of (work): Element of crime.
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Container of (work): Epidemic (1987)
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Container of (work): Europa (Motion picture : 1991)
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Container of (work): Nocturne.
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Container of (work): Images of liberation.
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Forbrydelsens element.
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| ISBN |
9798886070088 (set) |
| Standard No. |
715515280815 (set) |
| Music No. |
CC3432BD Criterion Collection |
