--- title: 'The Idiots (1998)' type: 'film' director: 'Lars von Trier' released: '1998-01-01' runtime_minutes: 117 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'Netherlands' - 'France' - 'Denmark' - 'Italy' - 'Sweden' - 'Spain' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-idiots-1998' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154421/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Idiots (1998) 1998 · 117 min · Drama, Comedy · Netherlands, France, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, Spain Original title: Idioterne Part of: Golden Heart trilogy ## Synopsis The Idiots is a 1998 black comedy drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It is his first film made in compliance with the Dogme 95 Manifesto, and is also known as Dogme #2. It is the second film in Trier's “Golden Heart” trilogy, preceded by Breaking the Waves (1996) and succeeded by Dancer in the Dark (2000). It is among the first films to be shot entirely with digital cameras. ## Credits - **Director:** [Lars von Trier](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-von-trier) - **Screenplay:** [Lars von Trier](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-von-trier) - **Director of Photography:** [Lars von Trier](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-von-trier) - **Producer:** [Vibeke Windeløv](https://cinepixo.com/people/vibeke-windel-v) - **Editor:** [Molly Malene Stensgaard](https://cinepixo.com/people/molly-malene-stensgaard) ## Cast - [Julie Wieth](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-wieth) - [Lars Bjarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-bjarke) - [Albert Wichmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-wichmann) - [Lars von Trier](https://cinepixo.com/people/lars-von-trier) - [Luis Mesonero](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-mesonero) as Miguel - [Knud Romer](https://cinepixo.com/people/knud-romer) as Axel - [Jens Albinus](https://cinepixo.com/people/jens-albinus) as Stoffer - [Marina Bouras](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-bouras) - [Anders Hove](https://cinepixo.com/people/anders-hove) - [Regitze Estrup](https://cinepixo.com/people/regitze-estrup) - [Jan Elle](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-elle) - [Trine Michelsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/trine-michelsen) as Nana ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-idiots-1998 Film facts: Wikidata (Q775356); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.