Dancer in the Dark

In a world of shadows, she found the light of life.

Plot Summary

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.

7.9 /10

2000

DK

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