Directed by:
Jesper JargilScreenplay:
Jesper JargilCinematography:
Jesper JargilComposer:
Camille Saint-SaënsCast:
Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Paprika Steen, Lars von Trier, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Anne Louise Hassing, Trine Michelsen, Henrik Prip, Lars Bjarke (more)Plots(1)
In the spring of 1997, in preparation for making The Idiots, Danish director Lars von Trier asked fellow filmmaker Jesper Jargil to make screen tests of individual actors. Jargil agreed, on the condition that he could be present during the entire shoot of The Idiots. The documentary that resulted is The Humiliated, a fascinating account of the making of that controversial film that offers unique insight into Von Trier’s methods. The director drives himself and his actors to extremes. Von Trier’s doubts and dilemmas are clear from a video diary that he taped himself and that Jargil was allowed to use for his documentary. We also see scenes Von Trier made for The Idiots that were ultimately discarded on the cutting table. Most striking is Von Trier’s free and completely idiosyncratic way of dealing with his cast and crew. He is alternately strict, sarcastic, sensitive, detached and emotional, creating an alienating atmosphere on the set, which to him is apparently a prerequisite for a successful film. (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
(more)Cast
Bodil Jørgensen
Denmark
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Troubled Water (2008)
In a Better World (2010)
Jens Albinus
Denmark
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
The Idiots (1998)
Paprika Steen
Denmark
Best movies:
The Celebration (1998)
Adam's Apples (2005)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Lars von Trier
Denmark
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Europa (1991)
The Idiots (1998)
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Denmark
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Riders of Justice (2020)
Adam's Apples (2005)
Anne Louise Hassing
Denmark
Best movies:
The Hunt (2012)
The Idiots (1998)
Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012)
Trine Michelsen
Denmark
Best movies:
The Idiots (1998)
Delirium (1987)
Henrik Prip
Denmark
Best movies:
Nothing's All Bad (2010)
Deliver Us from Evil (2009)
While We Live (2017)
Lars Bjarke
Denmark
Best movies:
The Idiots (1998)
Okay (2002)
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
Knud Romer Jørgensen
Best movies:
The Idiots (1998)
Allegro (2005)
Everything Will Be Fine (2010)