Lars_von_Trier_filmography Knowpia

This article presents the filmography of Lars von Trier.

Filmography edit

Year	Title	Also known as	Director	Screenwriter	Actor	Lyricist	Notes
1969	Secret Summer	(Hemmelig sommer)^[1]	No	No	Yes	No	Television series Actor: Lars Johansen (8 episodes)
1982	Images of Liberation	(Befrielsesbilleder)^[1]	Yes	Yes	No	No	Student film and first theatrical film debut
1984	The Element of Crime^[2]	(Forbrydelsens element)^[1]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Actor: Schmuck of Ages
1987	Epidemic^[2]		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Actor: Himself Lyricist: "We All Fall Down" Also editor
1988	Medea		Yes	No	No	No	Television film
1991	Europa^[2]	(Zentropa)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Actor: Jew Lyricist: "Europa Aria"
1994	The Teacher's Room	(Lærerværelset)^[1]	Yes	Yes	No	No	Talk-show miniseries Creator (concept; 6 episodes); Co-directed with Rumle Hammerich
1994-2022	The Kingdom^[6]	(Riget)^[1]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Television miniseries trilogy Creator; Co-directed with Morten Arnfred Actor: Himself (all seasons), Satan (Exodus only; both roles were uncredited) Lyricist: "Main Theme"
1996	Breaking the Waves^[3]		Yes	Yes	No	No
1998	The Idiots^[3]	(Idioterne)^[1]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Actor: Interviewee Also cinematography (all uncredited under per Dogme rules)
1999-2000	By The Quiet Stream	(Ved stillebækken)^[1]	No	No	No	No	TV series based on a 1930 novel of the same name by Morten Korch Executive producer / creative producer / producer only
2000	Dancer in the Dark^[3]		Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Most of the lyricist written with Bjork and Sjon
2000	D-Day	(D-dag)^[1]	Yes	Yes	No	No	Television anthology film Segment: Lise
2003	Dogville^[4]		Yes	Yes	No	No
2003	The Five Obstructions	(De fem benspænd)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Actor: Himself
2004	Dear Wendy		No	Yes	No	No
2005	Manderlay^[4]		Yes	Yes	No	No
2006	The Boss of It All	(Direktøren for det hele)^[1]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Actor: Narrator (uncredited) Also cinematography
2007	The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1	(De unge år: Erik Nietzsche sagaen del 1)^[1]	No	Yes	Yes	No	Actor: Narrator
2007	To Each His Own Cinema	(Chacun son cinéma)^[1]	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Actor: Himself Segment: Occupations
2009	Antichrist^[5]		Yes	Yes	No	No
2010	Dimension		Yes	Yes	No	No	Unreleased; all footage consists into a 27-minute short film
2011	Melancholia^[5]		Yes	Yes	No	No
2013	Nymphomaniac^[5]		Yes	Yes	No	No
2018	The House That Jack Built^[1]		Yes	Yes	No	No
TBA	Etudes		Yes	Yes	No	No

Short films edit

Year	Title
1967	Turen til Squashland
1968	Nat, skat
1969	En røvsyg oplevelse
1969	Et skakspil
1970	Hvorfor flygte fra det du ved du ikke kan flygte fra? Fordi du er en kujon
1971	En blomst
1977	The Orchid Gardener (Orchidégartneren)^[1]
1979	Menthe: La bienheureuse
1980	Nocturne
1981	The Last Detail (Den sidste detalje)^[1]

Video games edit


Year	Title	Role	Developer
Cancelled	Eden	Writer; based on a 2009 film Antichrist	Zentropa Games

Notes edit

1^ These are the original titles that the films and miniseries were given.
2^ The Elements of Crime, Epidemic and Europa are, respectively, the first, second and third part of the film trilogy Europa.
3^ Breaking the Waves, The Idiots and Dancer in the Dark are, respectively, the first, second and third part of the film trilogy Golden Heart.
4^ Dogville, Manderlay and the so-far-unmade Washington are, respectively, the first, second and third part of the film trilogy USA – Land of Opportunities.
5^ Antichrist, Melancholia and Nymphomaniac are, respectively, the first, second and third part of the film trilogy Depression.
6^ Riget, Riget II and Riget Exodus are, respectively, the first, second and third part of the miniseries trilogy Riget.