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name: "Niels Vørsel"
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roles: ["Screenwriter"]
born: "9 December 1953"
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# Niels Vørsel

Screenwriter. Born 9 December 1953 in Aarhus, Danmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter
- **Born:** 9 December 1953, Aarhus, Danmark

## Biography

Niels Vørsel is a Danish screenwriter. Born on 9 December 1953 in Aarhus, he began as a poet and author of novels and radio plays before entering film.

He has maintained a long collaboration with director Lars von Trier, co-writing the screenplays for *The Element of Crime* (1984), *Epidemic* (1987) and *Europa* (1991). Vørsel also co-wrote the television series *The Kingdom* (1994) and its sequel *The Kingdom II* (1997), and contributed to the American adaptation *Kingdom Hospital* (2004).

He appeared as himself in *Epidemic* and has received awards including the Carl Th. Dreyer Prize in 1995.

*Sources: imdb.com, da.wikipedia.org, dfi.dk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Element of Crime* (1984), Fi1m 63, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-element-of-crime.md)

## Also known for

- *Europa* (1991), Screenplay
- *The Kingdom* (1994), Screenplay
- *Epidemic* (1987), Screenplay
- *The Kingdom* (1994), Screenplay
- *The Kingdom II* (1998), Screenplay
- *Kingdom Hospital* (2004), Writer

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