Lars Von Trier Copenhagen

He graduated from the danish film school in 1983 with his short film befrielsesbilleder 1982 images of relief which won the best film award at the munich film festival the following year.

Lars von trier copenhagen. It is the first film that von trier has chosen to partially shoot in his home country filming is also planned in trollhättan sweden since dancer in the dark in 2000. A poetic gangster story and a thriller about the passage of time. The kingdom danish title. Shooting of the long awaited film which charts the exploits of a serial killer played by matt dillon over a 12 year period starts in copenhagen in may.

Von trier was born in kongens lyngby denmark north of copenhagen to inger høst and fritz michael hartmann the head of denmark s ministry of social affairs and a world war ii resistance fighter. Copenhagen denmark with a back story as singular as his films danish director lars von trier was one of the most exceptional filmmakers to burst onto the international film scene in. Born in 1956 in copenhagen lars trier began making movies as a child with a super 8 camera. A sweltering summer day at filmbyen the former military barracks outside copenhagen where filmmaker lars von trier s production company is based and the danish director is in his golf cart.

Lars von trier the von was adopted during his stay at the danish film school was born in copenhagen denmark in april 1956. He went on to study at the danish film school where he was encouraged by his fellow students to adopt. Trier who invented his von as a sarcastic joke in his youth grew up in an affluent neighbourhood north of copenhagen in a typical cultural liberal home. It has been edited together into a five hour film for distribution in the united kingdom and united states.

Riget is an eight episode danish television mini series created by lars von trier in 1994 and co directed by lars von trier and morten arnfred.