The Idiots (1998)
Idioterne
Comedy, Drama • 1h 57m
Director: Lars von Trier
Cast: Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Louise Mieritz, Henrik Prip, Luis Mesonero, Trine Michelsen, Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis, Paprika Steen, Erik Wedersøe, Michael Moritzen, Anders Hove, Jan Elle, Claus Strandberg, Jens Jørn Spottag, John Martinus, Lars Bjarke, Ewald Larsen, Christian Friis, Hans Henrik Clemensen, Lone Lindorff, Erno Müller, Regitze Estrup, Lotte Munk, Marina Bouras, Julie Wieth, Kirsten Vaupel, Lillian Tillegreen, Birgit Conradi, Peter Frøge, Albert Wichmann, Ditlev Weddelsborg, Jesper Sønderaas, Svend Erik Plannthin, Torben Meyrowitsch, Lis Bente Petersen, Palle Lorentz Emiliussen, Axel Schmidt, Iris Albøge, Lars von Trier, Louise Clausen, Knud Romer
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About the film
A mix of home-video and documentary styles about a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.
- TSPDT
- 2026: #7392025: #7502024: #8022023: #8272022: #827
Director: Lars von Trier
4K Restoration: Curzon 4K Blu-ray
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Director: Lars von Trier
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(needs gamma correction)
The movie was shot in HD and France Potemkine Blu-ray (needs gamma correction) has slightly stronger encoding than Italy Eagle Pictures 4K Blu-ray. Curzon Blu-ray is the worst of all three (not by much) see caps.
Director: Lars von Trier
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
No disc has correct frame rate (25fps) and English subtitles
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Director: Lars von Trier
Director: Lars von Trier
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Béla Tarr
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Curzon 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release
Supposed to have better translation than Criterion.
Director: Michael Haneke
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2025 Curzon UK Blu-ray or 2013 TF1 FR Blu-ray (caps)
Curzon has a slightly better encode and preserves all the noise of the digital source, but ends up obscuring actual detail in some shots. Both are quite good, only caveat being that the TF1 disc is slightly cropped and has a black bar on top.
2008 Artificial Eye UK and 2025 Umbrella AU discs have incorrect pitch. TF1 FR disc is missing 7 minutes of audio in the left channel. See spectrograms.
Director: Walter Salles
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Original matrixed Dolby Stereo: Curzon 4K Blu-ray
Surround mix: Vision Film Polish PAL DVD (2000)
The surround mix is fully discrete, not a mere decode or upmix of the Dolby Stereo LCRS track. This mix has never appeared on any other releases.
Director: Jean Vigo
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Director: Jean Vigo
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Director: Jean Vigo
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Directors: Jean Vigo & Boris Kaufman
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More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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