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Element Of Crime

1984

6.7

12,207

Denmark | Danish | Color | 01:44

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A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor. The film is the first in the director's Europa trilogy. The other two films in the trilogy are Epidemic (1987) and Europa (1991).

Cast View all

	Michael Elphick	Fisher
	Esmond Knight	Osborne
	Me Me Lai	Kim
	Jerold Wells	Kramer
	Ahmed El Shenawi	Therapist
	Astrid Henning-Jensen	House Keeper
	János Herskó	Coroner
	Stig Larsson	Coroner's Assistant
	Harry Harper	Portier 1
	Roman Moszkowicz	Portier 2
	Lars von Trier	Schmuck of Ages
	Frederik Casby	White Policeman
	Duke Addabayo	Black Policeman
	Jon Bang Carlsen	Angry Policeman
	Leif Magnusson	Hotel Guest
	Preben Lerdorff Rye	Grandfather
	Camilla Overbye Roos	Lotto Girl 1
	Maria Holkenfeldt-Behrendt	Lotto Girl 2
	Mogens Rukov	Librarian
	Gotha Andersen	Judge

Crew View all

Director	Lars von Trier
Writer	Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel, William Quarshie, Stephen Wakelam
Producer	Per Holst
Musician	Bo Holten
Photography	Tom Elling

Trailer

Edition details

Edition	Criterion
Nr Discs	1
Distributor	Criterion
Layers	Single side, Dual layer