Epidemic (1987) on Netflix
Two screenwriters lose their only script copy and must write a new one at short notice. They invent an epidemic, while Dr. Mesmer leaves the Faculty of Medicine to help people.
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Plot summary
A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality.
A film director and a script writer (performed by Lars von Trier and Niels Vørsel themselves) write a screenplay, in which an epidemic spreads about the whole world. Like the protagonist they do not notice, that a real epidemic is developing around them.
—Fredrik Klasson
The screenwriters Lars and Niels are writing the screenplay of an outbreak like many other plagues in Europe. In the story, the renowned epidemiologist Dr. Mesmer decides to leave the Faculty of Medicine to go to the outskirt of the city to give assistance to the inhabitants. Soon, a mysterious disease is spread in the real world. Then the writers travel to Germany for a meeting and then they visit their producer, where they meet a hypnotized woman that is sick.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Epidemic (1987)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film Epidemic was the first in a series of collaborations between director Lars von Trier and actor Udo Kier.
