Selma Ježková

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Selma Ježková is the tragic, near-blind Czech immigrant and factory worker portrayed by Björk in Lars von Trier’s musical drama film "Dancer in the Dark."

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instanceOf fictional character
film character
protagonist
appearsIn Dancer in the Dark NERFINISHED
appearsInFilmReleasedIn 2000
appearsInMedium feature film
createdBy Lars von Trier NERFINISHED
fantasizesThrough musical numbers
filmDirectorOfWork Lars von Trier NERFINISHED
genreOfWorkContext musical drama
hasChild Gene Ježek NERFINISHED
hasCulturalOrigin Czech background
hasFriend Kathy NERFINISHED
hasGender female
hasHobby musicals
hasMedicalCondition progressive blindness
hasNationality Czech
hasNeighbor Bill Houston NERFINISHED
hasOccupation amateur stage performer
factory worker
hasSocialStatus working class
hasTrait imaginative
musically talented
optimistic
self-sacrificing
introducedIn film Dancer in the Dark NERFINISHED
isExploitedBy Bill Houston NERFINISHED
isImmigrantTo United States NERFINISHED
isKnownFor daydreaming musical sequences
singing in the factory
isMotherOf Gene Ježek NERFINISHED
languageSpoken Czech
English
narrativeRole tragic heroine
portrayedBy Björk NERFINISHED
portrayedByNationality Icelandic singer Björk NERFINISHED
primaryMotivation to save money for her son’s eye operation
residesIn rural United States
savesMoneyFor Gene’s medical operation
sentencedTo death
storySettingPeriod 1960s United States
storyThemeInvolvement capital punishment
disability
immigration
sacrifice
visualImpairmentInheritedBy Gene Ježek NERFINISHED
worksAt factory
wronglyAccusedOf murder

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Dancer in the Dark followsCharacter Selma Ježková