In the movie Dogsville (Starring Nicole Kidman) which of the
characters was John Hurt playing?.

 Thanks 

 Mongolia

Hello Mongolia,


Thank you for your question.


John Hurt is the narrator in the film Dogville starring Nicole Kidman.


Below I am including references where you may verify that this is the
correct information.


From a film review of Dogville by Michael Rechtshaffen:

“Given that Dogville -- both the place and the picture -- is
essentially a schematic diagram drawn on an extended stage and defined
with an absolute minimum of set pieces, one worries just how exactly
von Trier and his hand-held camera is going to engage his audience for
the next 178 minutes.

He actually succeeds quite effectively -- at least for the first hour
-- and his cause is helped considerably by the performances of a
terrific ensemble that also includes Lauren Bacall, Ben Gazzara, James
Caan, Philip Baker Hall, Patricia Clarkson, Chloe Sevigny and John
Hurt as the omnipresent narrator.”

The cast:

Grace: Nicole Kidman
Gloria: Harriet Andersson
Ma Ginger: Lauren Bacall
The Man with the Big Hat: Jean-Marc Barr
Tom Edison: Paul Bettany
Mrs Henson: Blair Brown
The Big Man: James Caan
Vera: Patricia Clarkson
Bill Henson: Jeremy Davies
Jack McKay: Ben Gazzara
Tom Edison Sr: Philip Baker Hall

Narrator: John Hurt

Source: Reuters
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=reviewsNews&storyID=2774776



From CBS News:

“Dogville" challenges viewers on every front. The film has a dense
literary quality, running nearly three hours, with windy narration by
John Hurt.”

CBS News : CANNES, France, May 21, 2003
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/21/entertainment/cannes/main554992.shtml


The Straits Times:

Von Trier's Dogville, an anguishing Depression-era fairy tale starring
Nicole Kidman, premiered on Monday at the Cannes Film Festival.

“Dogville challenges viewers on every front. The film has a dense
literary quality, running nearly three hours, with windy narration by
John Hurt.”

The Straits Times http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/moviemania/news/0,3946,190103,00.html



Google Newsgroups: 

“Unfolding in nine segments and a prologue, the film benefits
enormously from the rich, ruby port tones of John Hurt who acts as the
ubiquitous narrator, setting the scene, describing events and
providing a wry commentary on some of the characters and developments
as the beautiful fugitive Grace (Kidman) arrives in the isolated
community of Dogville seeking sanctuary and throwing herself on the
kindness of strangers.”
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=dogville+John+Hurt&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=3eca8e05.4293242774%40news.iol.ie&rnum=3


“The film, which is something like "Our Town" as reinterpreted by
Bertolt Brecht, is highly theatrical and self-consciously literary,
complete with printed chapter titles and chatty fireside narration by
John Hurt. It is also raw, intimate and unsettling, as the hand-held
camera, operated by director himself, pushes itself into Grace's most
intimate, vulnerable moments.”
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=dogville+John+Hurt&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=BAF1589E.936D%25r.partridge%40verizon.net&rnum=2



Additional information that may interest you:


Plot Summary for Dogville from the Internet Movie Database.
http://us.imdb.com/Plot?0276919


Times Online Review of Dogville by James Christopher
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,581-687807,00.html


Search Criteria:

Dogville “John Hurt” 
Dogville “John Hurt” narration



I hope this information meet your needs.  If a link above should fail
to work or anything require further explanation please let me know.


Best Regards,
Bobbie7-ga

thanks for clearing up this mystery 

Mongolia