Directed by:
Lars von TrierCinematography:
Tom EllingComposer:
Bo HoltenCast:
Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai, Jerold Wells, Astrid Henning-Jensen, János Herskó, Stig Larsson, Lars von Trier, Camilla Overbye Roos (more)Plots(1)
Fisher has returned to Cairo after leading a murder investigation in Europe. Obviously traumatised by the experience he remembers little, is obsessive and is plagued by crippling headaches. Seeking the help of a hypno-therapist, he travels back in memory and pain… back to Europe. Europe has changed. Decay and dereliction prevail. A series of bizarre murders - The Lotto Murders - has occurred in Innenstadt harbour. Fisher leads the investigation under the command of Police Chief Kramer, whose methods greatly differ from Fisher’s. He remembers Osborne, his former teacher at the police academy, had previously led this investigation and had established a link between the murders and a surveillance report on a man called Harry Grey. This report on Grey, however, has only blank pages.
Fisher then stumbles across the missing Harry Grey file on a return visit to Osborne’s house. Osborne’s insistence that Grey no longer exists, furthers his determination to resolve the mystery.
(Accent Film Entertainment)
Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Robert Awards (Danish Film Awards)
- 1985 - Lars von Trier (Best Danish Film)
- 1985 - Tom Elling (Best Cinematography)
- 1985 - Peter Høimark (Best Production Design)
- 1985 - Manon Rasmussen (Best Costume Design)
- 1985 - Tómas Gislason (Best Editing)
- 1985 - Morten Degnbol (Best Sound)
- 1985 - Peter Høimark (Best Special Effects)
Cannes Film Festival
- 1984 - Lars von Trier (Grand Prix of the Superior Technical Commission)
- 1984 - Lars von Trier (Golden Palm - Official Competition)
Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival
- 1985 - Lars von Trier (Grand Prize)