---
title: 'Dancer in the Dark (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lars von Trier'
released: '2000-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 140
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Argentina'
  - 'Iceland'
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'Netherlands'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dancer-in-the-dark-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168629/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Dancer in the Dark (2000)

2000 · R · 140 min · Drama, Music · Argentina, Iceland, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands

Part of: Golden Heart trilogy

## Synopsis

Dancer in the Dark is a 2000 psychological tragedy musical film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It stars Icelandic musician Björk as a factory worker who has a degenerative eye condition and is saving for an operation to prevent her young son from suffering the same fate. Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Cara Seymour, Peter Stormare, Siobhan Fallon Hogan and Joel Grey also star. The soundtrack, Selmasongs, was written mainly by Björk, with contributions from Mark Bell and some lyrics were written by Trier and Sjón.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lars von Trier](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-von-trier)
- **Screenplay:** [Lars von Trier](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-von-trier)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Björk](https://cinepixo.com/people/bjork)
- **Producer:** [Vibeke Windeløv](https://cinepixo.com/people/vibeke-windel-v)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robby Müller](https://cinepixo.com/people/robby-muller)
- **Editor:** [François Gédigier](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-gedigier), [Molly Malene Stensgaard](https://cinepixo.com/people/molly-malene-stensgaard)

## Cast

- [Reathel Bean](https://cinepixo.com/people/reathel-bean)
- [Siobhan Fallon Hogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/siobhan-fallon-hogan)
- [Marianne Bengtsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-bengtsson)
- [Peter Stormare](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-stormare)
- [Mette Berggreen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mette-berggreen)
- [Udo Kier](https://cinepixo.com/people/udo-kier)
- [David Morse](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-morse)
- [Željko Ivanek](https://cinepixo.com/people/zeljko-ivanek)
- [Vladica Kostic](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladica-kostic)
- [Caroline Sascha Cogez](https://cinepixo.com/people/caroline-sascha-cogez)
- [John Randolph Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-randolph-jones)
- [Anna Norberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-norberg)
- [Sean-Michael Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-michael-smith)
- [Joel Grey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-grey)
- [Luke Reilly](https://cinepixo.com/people/luke-reilly)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/dancer-in-the-dark-2000
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