Von Trier avoids temptation to talk at film awards

Monday 05 December 2011 01:00 GMT

Bente Froge, the wife of Danish director Lars von Trier accepts the European Film 2011 prize for the film 'Melancholia' on behalf of her husband (EPA)

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Lars Von Trier's wife, Bente Froge, receives the European Film 2011 award for his movie Melancholia at the 24th European Film Awards in Berlin.

The director himself has taken a "vow of silence" after joking that he was a Nazi at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.

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