The beautiful fugitive, Grace, arrives in the isolated township of Dogville on the run from a team of gangsters. With some encouragement from Tom, the self-appointed town spokesman, the little community agrees to hide her and in return, Grace agrees to work for them. However, when a search sets in, the people of Dogville demand a better deal in exchange for the risk of harboring poor Grace and she learns the hard way that in this town, goodness is relative. But Grace has a secret and it is a dangerous one--so Dogville may regret it ever began to bare its sharpened teeth.
Production Zentropa Entertainments [dk](as Zentropa Productions); Isabella Films B.V. [nl](co-production) (as Isabella Films International); Memfis Film [se](co-production) (as Memfis Film International AB); Pain Unlimited GmbH Filmproduktion [de](co-production) (as Pain Unlimited GmbH); Sigma Films [gb](co-production); Slot Machine [fr](co-production) (as Slot Machine SARL); Edith Film Oy [fi](in association with); Spillefilmkompaniet 4 1/2 [no](in association with); Invicta Capital [gb](in association with); Fjeldabe Films AS [no](in association with); Film i Väst [se](in co-production with); arte France Cinéma [fr](in co-production with); arte [fr](in co-production with) (as arte - WDR); Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) [de](in co-production with) (as arte - WDR); France 3 Cinéma [fr](in co-production with); Danmarks Radio (DR) [dk](in co-production with) (as DR TV Drama - Danish Broadcasting Corporation); Sveriges Television (SVT) [se](in co-production with) (as Sveriges Television AB - SVT Fiktion); TV 1000 [se](in co-production with); Yleisradio (YLE) [fi](in co-production with); Norsk TV2 AS [no](in co-production with); Something Else B.V. [nl](in co-production with); Trollhättan Film AB [se](in co-production with); Zoma Films Ltd. [gb](in co-production with) (as Zoma Ltd.); Liberator Productions [fr](in co-production with) (as Liberator2 SARL); Filmmek [se](in co-production with); Canal+ [fr](with the participation of); Nordisk Film Biografdistribution [dk](with the participation of); Danish Filminstitute [dk](with the support of); Eurimages [fr](with the support of); Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) [se](with the support of); Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond [dk](with the support of); Filmstiftung North Rhine Westphalia [de](with the support of); CoBo Fonds [nl](with the support of); Foundation for Audiovisual Production [no](with the support of); Film Fund of the Netherlands [nl](with the support of); Finnish Film Foundation [fi](with the support of);
Cast Names Nicole Kidman; Harriet Andersson; Lauren Bacall; Jean-Marc Barr; Paul Bettany; Blair Brown; James Caan; Patricia Clarkson; Jeremy Davies; Ben Gazzara; Philip Baker Hall; Thom Hoffman; Siobhan Fallon; John Hurt; Zeljko Ivanek; John Randolph Jones; Udo Kier; Cleo King; Miles Purinton; Bill Raymond; Chloë Sevigny; Shauna Shim; Stellan Skarsgård; Evelina Brinkemo; Anna Brobeck; Tilde Lindgren; Evelina Lundqvist; Helga Olofsson; Ulf Andersson; Jan Coster; Mattias Fredriksson; Andreas Galle; Barry Grant; Laszlo Hago; Niklas Henriksson; Mikael Johansson; Hans Karlsson; Lee R. King; Oskar Kirkbakk; Ingvar Örner;
Box Office USD 1,530,386
Release Date 2003-08-29 (Telluride Film Festival) 2003-10-03 (New York Film Festival) 2004-03-07 (Indianapolis International Film Festival) 2004-03-15 (South by Southwest Film Festival) 2004-03-26 (limited)
Genres Drama; Thriller; Mystery;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for violence and sexual content.
Running Time 2 hr. 58 min. 2 hr. 18 min. 2 hr. 15 min.