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Breaking the Waves (1996)

ALL 07/05/1996 (da) Drama, Romance 158 Min
  • Release
    07/05/1996
  • Production
    Zentropa Entertainments, Liberator Productions, Trust Film Svenska, Argus Film Produktie, Northern Lights, SVT Drama, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, La Sept Cinéma, VPRO, Media Investment Club
  • Rotten tomato
    75%
  • Original title
    Breaking the Waves
  • Original language
    da
  • Production Cost
  • 23,000,000.00
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Love is a mighty power.

Overview

In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.

  1. Lars von Trier

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Anders Refn

    Editor



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  1. Emily Watson

    Bess McNeill

  2. Stellan Skarsgård

    Jan Nyman

  3. Katrin Cartlidge

    Dodo McNeill

  4. Jean-Marc Barr

    Terry

  5. Adrian Rawlins

    Dr. Richardson

  6. Jonathan Hackett

    Priest

  7. Sandra Voe

    Mother

  8. Udo Kier

    Sadistic Sailor

  9. Mikkel Gaup

    Pits

  10. Roef Ragas

    Pim

  11. Robert Robertson

    Chairman

  12. Phil McCall

    Grandfather

  13. Desmond Reilly

    An Elder

  14. Sarah Gudgeon

    Sybilla

  15. Finlay Welsh

    Coroner

  16. David Gallacher

    Glasgow Doctor

  17. Ray Jeffries

    Man on Bus

  18. Owen Kavanagh

    Man at Lighthouse

  19. Bob Docherty

    Man on Boat

  20. David Bateson

    Young Sailor

  21. Callum Cuthbertson

    Radio Operator

  22. Gavin Mitchell

    Police Officer 1

  23. Brian Smith

    Police Officer 2

  24. Iain Agnew

    Praying Man 1

  25. Charles Kearney

    Praying Man 2

  26. Steven Leach

    Praying Man 3

  27. Dorte Rømer

    Nurse

  28. Anthony J. O'Donnell

    Boy 1

  29. John Wark

    Boy 2

  30. Ronnie McKellaig

    Precentor

  31. Peter Bensted

    Ugly Man (voice)

  32. Simon Towler Jorfald

    Boy in Film (voice)

  33. Klaus Messerschmidt Juhler

    Paramedic (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 33 , Crews : 121

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Breaking the Waves (1996) 158 Min

ALL 07/05/1996 (da)
Drama, Romance
  • Release 07/05/1996
  • Production
    Zentropa Entertainments, Liberator Productions, Trust Film Svenska, Argus Film Produktie, Northern Lights, SVT Drama, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, La Sept Cinéma, VPRO, Media Investment Club
  • Original title Breaking the Waves
  • da
  • Revenue23,000,000.00

Love is a mighty power.

Overview

In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.

  1. Lars von Trier

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Anders Refn

    Editor

  4. Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Vibeke Windeløv

    Producer



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