Dancer in the Dark
In a world of shadows, she found the light of life.
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation.When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.
- Director
- Lars von Trier
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $40M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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Movie DNA
How Dancer in the Dark actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Dancer in the Dark appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Heist Movies Ranked #13
Placed at #13 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #81
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Dancer in the Dark returned 3.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $13M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $40M
- Release date
- Sep 1, 2000
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, Denmark
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