Zentropa (film company)
Zentropa is a Danish film production company that makes both theatrical and television films and series. Their headquarters and studios are located in the Copenhagen suburb of Hvidovre . In addition, Zentropa owns a number of subsidiaries in Europe.
With around 135 permanent and up to 450 freelance employees, Zentropa is Denmark's largest production company.
Zentropa was founded in 1992 by director Lars von Trier and producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen and primarily produces independent films. Many of the films produced by Zentropa have won international film awards and played a major role in the development of the Dogma 95 movement.
Zentropa produced u. a. Porn films such as Constance (1998), Pink Prison (1999), HotMen CoolBoyz (2000) and All About Anna (2005).
In 2008 the Egmont Foundation acquired a 50% stake in the company.
Filmography (selection)
- 1993: Pretty Boy (Smukke dreng)
- 1994: Hospital of the Spirits (Riget I)
- 1995: A Divine Comedy (A Comédia de Deus)
- 1995: Cold Fever (Á köldum klaka)
- 1996: Breaking the Waves
- 1997: Hospital of the Spirits (Riget II)
- 1998: Constance
- 1998: Out of Åmål (Fucking Åmål)
- 1998: Idiots (Idioterne)
- 1998: Tráfico
- 1999: Mifune - Dogma III (Mifunes sidste sang)
- 1999: Fucked behind bars (Pink Prison)
- 1999: Owned (Possession)
- 1999: Rembrandt
- 2000: 101 Reykjavík
- 2000: Dancer in the Dark
- 2000: Italian for beginners (Italiensk for begyndere)
- 2000: together! (Tillsammans!)
- 2001: Don's Plum
- 2002: Lilja 4-ever
- 2003: Dogville
- 2003: Dogville Confessions
- 2003: The Five Obstructions (De fem benspænd)
- 2004: Ungdommens råskap
- 2004: Strings
- 2005: All About Anna
- 2005: Manderlay
- 2006: After the wedding (Efter brylluppet)
- 2008: Whom You Fear (Den du frygter)
- 2009: Antichrist
- 2011: Melancholia
- 2012: The Queen and the Personal Physician (En kongelig affære)
Web links
- Official website of Zentropa
- Zentropa Entertainments in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Zentropa Real ApS in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Filmography by the Danish Film Institute
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oversigt ( memento of November 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at zentropa.dk, accessed on May 6, 2012
- ↑ The success secret of Zentropa , article in the Hamburger Abendblatt of September 27, 2005, accessed on March 26, 2006