Short film

Dogville: The Pilot
2003 · 15 min
A stark, stage-like experiment that feels bare and uneasy, watching sparse chalk lines carry quiet menace.
- Directed by
- Lars von Trier
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Sidse Babett Knudsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Jens Albinus
- Overview
- Dogville: The Pilot was shot during 2001 in the pre-production phase to test whether the concept of chalk lines and sparse scenery would work. The 15-minute pilot film starred Danish actors Sidse Babett Knudsen (as Grace) and Nikolaj Lie Kaas (as Tom).
- How it feels
- Bleak, tense, melancholic and eerie. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Power, betrayal, isolation, morality
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Lars von Trier
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Sidse Babett Knudsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Jens Albinus






