The modern welfare state is so rationally well-organised that special effort is required if you want to throw off the traces and let your instincts run riot. In Lars von Trier's tragi-comedy a group of young men and women turn their backs on established society and form a commune in order to cultivate their "inner idiots". They provoke the people around them and themselves by pretending to be retarded. But is there more to their antics than casual role-playing? Where does pretence cease and reality begin? Only one member of the group, naïve, emotionally unsullied Karen, manages with bravery and single-mindedness to turn the game into deadly earnest.
| Original title | Idioterne |
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| Danish title | Idioterne |
| Other titles | Dogme #2 |
| Director | Lars von Trier |
| Screenplay | Lars von Trier |
| Producer | Vibeke Windeløv |
| Director of Photography | Lars von Trier |
| Editor | Molly Malene Stensgaard |
| Sound | Per Streit |
| Casting | Rie Hedegaard |
| Appearance | Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby |
| Production country | Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy |
| Domestic distribution | Scanbox |
| International sales | Zentropa Entertainments ApS |
| Technical info | 3201 meter, 35 mm, 1,37:1 Academy, color, Dolby |
| Danish theatrical release | 17.07.1998 |
| Cinemas | Dagmar, Palads, Grand, Gladsaxe Bio, BioCity (Tåstrup) samt 10 biografer i provinsen |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 15 |
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| Production company | Zentropa Entertainments2, DR TV |
| Domestic distribution | Scanbox |
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| Direction | Lars von Trier |
| Casting | Rie Hedegaard |
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| Script | Lars von Trier |
| Script consultant | Mogens Rukov |
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Production |
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| Executive producer | Peter Aalbæk Jensen |
| Unit manager | Lene Nielsen |
| Co-producer | Peter van Vogelpoel |
| Co-producer | Eric Schut |
| Production assistant: Paris | Nynne Bonnén Oldenburg |
| Production assistant | Mette Nelund |
| Production assistant | Tine Grew Pfeiffer |
| Co-producer | Marianne Slot |
| Post-production assistant | Anne Katrine Andersen |
| Producer | Vibeke Windeløv |
| Post-producton coordinator | Lene Irgens |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematography | Lars von Trier |
| Camera assistant | Kristoffer Nyholm |
| Camera assistant | Jesper Jargil |
| Camera assistant | Casper Holm |
| First assistant camera | Edvard Friis-Møller |
| Camera assistant | Ian Hansen |
| Clapper | Caroline Sascha Cogez |
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| Stills | Jan Schut |
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Editing |
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| Editing | Molly Malene Stensgaard |
| Assistant editor | Anne Hovad Fischer |
| Assistant editor | Carsten Søsted |
| Avid supervisor | Pelle Folmer |
| Online editor | Peter Kornbek |
| Editing supervisor | Mogens Rukov |
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Music |
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| Melodica | Kim Kristensen |
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| Sound | Per Streit |
| Sound technician: 2. unit | Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen |
| Sound technician: 2. unit | Johan Winbladh |
| Boom operator | John Nielsen |
| Boom operator | Rene Schrøder |
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| Interviewer | Lars von Trier |
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| Karen | Bodil Jørgensen |
| Stoffer | Jens Albinus |
| Susanne | Anne Louise Hassing |
| Henrik | Troels Lyby |
| Jeppe | Nikolaj Lie Kaas |
| Ped | Henrik Prip |
| Miguel | Luis Mesonero |
| Josephine | Louise Mieritz |
| Axel | Knud Romer Jørgensen |
| Nana | Trine Michelsen |
| Katrine | Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis |
| Tjener | Jan Elle |
| Rundviser på fabrik | Claus Strandberg |
| Onkel | Erik Wedersøe |
| Rocker 1 | Lars Bjarne |
| Rocker 2 | Ewald Larsen |
| Rocker 3 | Chris |
| Rocker pige | Louise Boye Clausen |
| Chef | Jens Jørn Spottag |
| Dame 1 | Kirsten Vaupel |
| Dame 2 | Lillian Tillegreen |
| Dame 3 | Birgit Conradi |
| Dame med to børn | Julie Wieth |
| Josephines far | Anders Hove |
| Fin dame | Paprika Steen |
| Fin mand | Albert Wickmann |
| Mand fra kommunen | Michael Moritzen |
| Mand i hjemmejakke | John Martinus |
| Severin | Ditlev Weddelsborg |
| Svendsen | Jesper Sønderaas |
| Karens mor | Lone Lindorff |
| Karens morfar | Erno Müller |
| Louise, Karens søster | Regitze Estrup |
| Britta, Karens søster | Lotte Munk |
| Anders, Karens mand | Hans Henrik Clemensen |
| Axels kone | Marina Bouras |
| Mand i swimmingpool | Peter Frøge |
| Taxichauffør | Bent Sørensen |
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| Music | Year | Composer |
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| Le carnaval des animaux | 1998 | Camille Saint Saens |
| Vi er dem de andre ikke må lege med | 1998 | Kim Larsen |
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