Epidemic (film)

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Epidemic
Directed by	Lars von Trier
Written by	Niels Vørsel Lars von Trier
Starring	Niels Vørsel Lars von Trier
Cinematography	Henning Bendtsen
Editing by	Thomas Kragh
Release date(s)	1987
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish
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Epidemic is a 1987 film directed by Lars von Trier. It was co-written by Niels Vørsel, and focuses on the screenwriting process. Lars and Niels play themselves, coming up with a last-minute script for a producer. This story is intercut with scenes from the film they write, where Lars plays a renegade doctor out to cure a modern day epidemic. In an ironic twist, the doctor discovers that he has been spreading the virus himself. This film marks the first in a series of collaborations between von Trier and Udo Kier.

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