140599 DENMARK: Shooting for new von Trier musical to start
Copenhagen-May 14-(BANNS)- The shooting for a new musical by Danish
director Lars von Trier and starring Icelandic singer Björk is scheduled to start on
May 17, the Zentropa Productions company announced Friday.

Apart from Björk in the leading part, the musical "Dancer in the Dark" features French
veteran actress Catherine Deneuve, French actor Jean-Marc Barr and Swede Stellan
Skarsgård and several other well-known international actors.

In contrast to von Trier's earlier films, including award-winning "Breaking the Waves"
and the most recent "The Idiots", "Dancer in the Dark" is to be a "big" film in the
Hollywood musical tradition. "A musical melodrama colliding with real life," von Trier
said.

The musical will be filmed on two locations in Trollhättan in Western Sweden and the
state of Washington and at the Zentropa Studios in Copenhagen.

It is the sad and dramatic story of a single mother and factory worker in the United
States whose only real pleasures in life are her son and her passion for musicals. 

Björk has composed the score for "Dancer in the Dark".

By Ulla Plon