The Element of Crime

Starring: Lars von Trier, Addabayo, Gerald Wells, Lars von Trier, Mogens Rukov, Camilla Overbye Roos, Roman Moszkowicz, Leif Magusson, Stig Larsson, Esmond Knight

Director: Lars von Trier
Release Date: May 1st, 1987
Studio: Kaerne Film
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Synopsis: In a futuristic metropolis, Fisher, a revered detective, returns from Cairo to sift through the clues surrounding the latest in a series of strange murders. In desperation, he turns to his mentor, a once brilliant criminal theoretician who has since gone mad, for advice on how to catch the killer. What he learns is a disturbing method of criminal osmosis which requires him to re-enact elements of the crime by merging souls with the murderer.