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Danish Filmmaker Expelled for Hitler Remark

   VOA News  May 19, 2011
   Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier attends a press conference for
   Melancholia, at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes,
   southern France, May 18, 2011

Photo: AP

   Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier attends a press conference for
   Melancholia, at the 64th international film festival, in Cannes,
   southern France, May 18, 2011

   Cannes film festival organizers have kicked out Danish filmmaker Lars
   von Trier for pro-Hitler comments.
   Festival organizers said Thursday they were disturbed by von Trier's
   statements, which they described as unacceptable and intolerable.
   Von Trier on Wednesday had said he understood and sympathized with
   Adolf Hitler. He later said he had been joking and apologized.
   His film, Melancholia, did not get pulled out of the festival.
   The Cannes film festival is a week-long event that attracts celebrities
   from around the world to the French Riviera as directors compete for
   the Palme d'Or prize for their latest film works.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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