Orchidégartneren (1978): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1978, Orchidégartneren is a notable film directed by Lars von Trier, running about 37 minutes.

What it’s about. A young, mentally ill man, a visual artist in crisis Victor Marse (Lars von Trier) meets two nurses (Eliza and her girlfriend) during his stay in a sanatorium. These nurses are obvious lesbians. Victor lives with Eliza and her son. He imagines another woman when he is roaming at a coast. He pretends committing a suicide but Eliza does not react to it. Every moment, he stays in front of a blank canvas and thinks. Meanwhile he dresses into Nazi clothes or into women dresses, then he leaves to go to the cinema, and abuses and probably kills a small girl. His masochistic affair with Eliza lasts; he is close to shooting her with a gun but instead she takes out a whip. Victor goes along the streets then he lies naked in front of the canvas on which he has left his bloody fingerprints. After this he drives a funeral car to his work - he is employed in a garden where orchids are grown. Eliza is now the past and in the end, Victor might be dead as someone drives a cross into the ground.

Who’s in it. Orchidégartneren stars Lars von Trier as Victor Morse, Inger Hvidtfeldt as Eliza and Karen Oksbjerg as Eliza's girlfriend.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, Orchidégartneren has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Orchidégartneren page.