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The Element of Crime is a danois film of genre Drama directed by Lars von Trier released in USA on 1 may 1987 with Esmond Knight
The Element of Crime (1984)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 may 1987
Length 1h44
Directed by Lars von Trier
OriginDanemark
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Serial killer films, Dystopian films
Rating66%
The Element of Crime is a 1984 Danish art film co-written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is the first feature film directed by Trier and the first installment of the director's Europa trilogy. The other two films in the trilogy are Epidemic (1987) and Europa (1991).
Synopsis
A detective named Fisher, who has become an expatriate living in Cairo, undergoes hypnosis in order to recall his last case. The postwar Germany of his dreamlike recollection is a dystopia, dark and decaying. Fisher remembers pursuing an elusive killer called the "Lotto Murderer", who was strangling and then mutilating young girls who were selling lottery tickets. He attempts to track down the killer using the controversial methods outlined in a book entitled The Element of Crime, written by his disgraced mentor, Osborne. He is joined in his search by a prostitute named Kim, who, it turns out, has had a child by his target. Fisher's search is based on a tailing report written by Osborne when trying to track down a murderer who had been killing in the same way as the "Lotto Murderer", but who, supposedly, has since died in a crash. The Osborne method requires the detective to try to identify with the mind of the killer. This he does, but, in so doing, begins to behave more and more like a serial killer himself.Actors
Esmond Knight
(Osborne)
Michael Elphick
(Fisher)
Jerold Wells
(Kramer)
Astrid Henning-Jensen
(House Keeper)
János Herskó
(Coroner)
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