Dancer in the Dark (2000)
09/01/2000 (DK) • 2h 20m
In a world of shadows, she found the light of life.
Overview
A Czech immigrant in 1960s America escapes into musicals while working long hours in poverty. Struggling with hereditary blindness, she is determined to secure her son’s future and will sacrifice everything to ensure he receives the operation that could spare him from her fate.
Top Billed Cast
Selma Jezkova
Kathy
Bill Houston
Jeff
Oldrich Novy
Linda Houston
Gene Jezkova
Norman
Samuel
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$12,500,000.00
Revenue
$40,061,153.00
Keywords
factory worker
individual
immigrant
blindness and impaired vision
dancing
eye operation
small town
naivety
hereditary disease
robbery
court
musical
female friendship
murder
debt
police officer
trailer
daydreaming
mother son relationship
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