Watch the eerie Expressionist trailer for Denmark’s Oscar entry ‘The Girl with the Needle’

On Thursday, MUBI (via IndieWire) released the trailer for “The Girl with the Needle,” Denmark’s Oscar entry. Director Magnus von Horn’s stylized period crime drama is a creepy serial killer story told through the eyes of the killer’s unwitting helper. 

Here’s MUBI’s official synopsis: “Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a pregnant young factory worker is taken in by a charismatic woman to help run an underground adoption agency. A deep connection forms between them, until an unthinkable discovery changes everything.” Vic Carmen Sonne stars as Karlone, the wet nurse, who is working for Dagmar (Trine Dyrholm). Dagmar is based on Dagmar Overbye, Denmark’s most notorious serial killer, who was convicted of killing nine babies that were left in her care. The film has an Expressionist style that’s appropriate for the time period and the horror of the subject matter. 

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Von Horn wrote the script with Line Langebek. Micha? Dymek is the cinematographer. Malene Blenkov and Mariusz W?odarski are the producers. 

“The Girl with the Needle” was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year, and Dymek is up for a Golden Frog for Best Cinematography at Camerimage this month. The film will be released in theaters on Dec. 6. 

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