''Images of Liberation'' () is a 1982 Danish drama film directed by

Lars von Trier Lars von Trier (né Trier; born 30 April 1956) is a Danish film director and screenwriter. Beginning in the late-1960s as a child actor working on Danish television series ''Secret Summer'', von Trier's career has spanned more than five decad ...

. The film was Trier's graduation film from the

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. It became the first ever Danish school film to receive regular theatrical distribution. It was screened in the Panorama section of the

34th Berlin International Film Festival The 34th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 17–28 February 1984. The festival opened with ''The Noah's Ark Principle'' by Roland Emmerich. The retrospective was dedicated to German-American actor, screenwriter, producer an ...

Plot

The story is set in Copenhagen during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, and follows a German officer who visits his Danish mistress the days after the

occupation of Denmark At the outset of World War II in September 1939, Denmark declared itself Neutral countries in World War II, neutral, but that neutrality did not prevent Nazi Germany from Military occupation, occupying the country soon after the outbreak of ...

has ended.

Cast

* Edward Fleming as Leo Mendel * Kirsten Olesen as Esther

References

External links

* 1982 films 1980s Danish-language films Danish World War II films Films directed by Lars von Trier Films set in Copenhagen Student films {{1980s-Denmark-film-stub