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Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1998
The Idiots posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

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MOVIE1998 1h 57m DNK

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

The group of people gather at the house in Copenhagen suburb to break all the limitations and to bring out the "inner idiot" in themselves.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Henrik Prip

Ped

Knud Romer Jørgensen

Axel

Paprika Steen

Paprika Steen

High Class Lady

Michael Moritzen

Man from Municipality

Claus Strandberg

Guide at Factory

Lillian Tillegreen

Lotte Munk

Lotte Munk

Karen's Sister - Britta

Anne Louise Hassing

Susanne