Nocturne (1980/I)

Director:

Lars von Trier

Writer:

Lars von Trier (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

1980 (Denmark)

Genre:

Short | Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Surreal | Dream Like | Found Footage | Student Film

Cast

Yvette	...	The Woman
Solbjørg Højfeldt	...	The Telephone Voice (voice)
Anne-Lise Gabold	...	The Woman (voice) (as Annelise Gabold)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lars von Trier	...	Masked Man Bashing Through Window (uncredited)

Directed by
Lars von Trier

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tom Elling		uncredited
Lars von Trier		writer

Cinematography by
Tom Elling

Film Editing by
Tómas Gislason		(as Tomas Gislason)

Sound Department
Henrik Jørgensen	....	sound

Production Companies

• Den Danske Filmskole

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2005) (France) (DVD)
• A-Film Distribution (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Accent Film Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Electric Parc (2005) (Denmark) (DVD)
• Electric Parc (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Electric Parc (2005) (Norway) (DVD)
• Electric Parc (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Independenta Music & Video (IMV) (2005) (Romania) (DVD)
• Legend Films International (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Self Distribuzione (2006) (Italy) (DVD) (boxed set)
• Tartan Video (2005) (UK) (DVD)

Runtime:

8 min

Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Den Danske Filmskole

Trivia:

Is an "Easter Egg" on the _Epidemic (1988)_ DVD released by Home Vision Entertainment in 2004. To find it: on the main menu, move the selection icon over to 'extras' and select left with your remote. This will move the icon over to the EPIDEMIC logo. Select that and the egg will come up.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in A Conversation with Lars von Trier About the Europe Trilogy (2005) (V)

Good Short Film By Lars!!

I saw this short film on a DVD containing short films by some of Europe's great directors including the likes Jean Luc Godard, Tom Tykwer, Peter Mullan etc. I have been big fan of Lars for a while now and seen most of his films so I was eager to see this and I wasn't disappointed. Right from the very start you can tell it is a Lars film due to the distinctive style. You can also see how it has influenced his later films e.g. The Element of Crime due to the use of filters. It is good to see how Lars has progressed from this early short and fans should check this short out although it is over too soon. It is a simple but effective short and fans should definitely like it, so check it out!!