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The House That Jack Built
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
2018 · Directed by Lars von Trier · 152 min · Drama · Horror · Crime · Thriller · 18 frames
Tagline
If you feel like screaming... you definitely should.
Crew
- Written by: Lars von Trier
- Cinematography: Manuel Alberto Claro
- Edited by: Jacob Secher Schulsinger
- Music: Víctor Reyes
- Production design: Simone Grau Roney
- Produced by: Louise Vesth
Cast
- Matt Dillon as Jack
- Bruno Ganz as Verge
- Uma Thurman as Lady 1
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Lady 2
- Sofie Gråbøl as Lady 3
- Riley Keough as Simple
- Jeremy Davies as Al
- Jack McKenzie as Sonny
- Mathias Hjelm as Glenn
- Ed Speleers as Ed - Police Officer 2
Production
- Country: Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden
- Language: English, German, Italian
- Studios: Zentropa Entertainments, Copenhagen Film Fund, Copenhagen Film Fund, Slot Machine
- Budget: $9,800,000
- Box office: $5,566,776
- Themes: van, sadism, psychopath, 1970s, child murder, architect, artist, visions of hell, flashback, misanthrophy
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