Abstract: The subject of this research is the main character of the Lars von Trier’s film “The House That Jack Built”. The author reconstructs in detail the image of the lead character Jack, reveals various traits of a villain in him, to see afterwards which of them Lars von Trier visualizes in his character. Based on the conducted analysis, the author offers the interpretation of the evil committed by Jack, as well as the image of the villain translated by Trier in his film. The modern villain becomes the central subject of research. The image of Jack was compared and verified leaning on the writings of Kant and Arendt. For the first time within the Russian research, the image of Jack is viewed in the context of the works of Kant and Arendt. It is suggested to consider him as an embodiment of kitsch. Jack reflects the mythology of Enlightenment, which manifested into the likeness of “Stalinism with a human face”, where everything can be reduced to numbers, where there is no death, and where blind order reigns disallowing outbursts of irrational and horrific.