Breaking the Waves
Breaking the Waves
Release: 1996-07-05
·Runtime: 159m
·★ 7.5
Drama
Romance
In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.
Production Countries
Denmark
France
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Production Companies
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
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Mikkel Gaup
as Pits
Dorte Rømer
as Nurse
Jean-Marc Barr
as Terry
Sandra Voe
as Mother
Stellan Skarsgård
as Jan Nyman
Roef Ragas
as Pim
Gavin Mitchell
as Police Officer 1
Udo Kier
as Sadistic Sailor
Finlay Welsh
as Coroner
David Bateson
as Young Sailor
Emily Watson
as Bess McNeill
Klaus Messerschmidt Juhler
as Paramedic (uncredited)
Katrin Cartlidge
as Dodo McNeill
Adrian Rawlins
as Dr. Richardson
Crew
Peter Øvig Knudsen
Location Scout
Lasse Spang Olsen
Stunts
Nanna Mailand-Mercado
Production Assistant
Morten Jacobsen
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Simone Grau Roney
Props
Rie Hedegaard
Casting
Lars von Trier
Director, Writer
Charlotte Pedersen
Producer's Assistant
Karl Júlíusson
Production Design
Leif Mohlin
Production Manager
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Producer
Lars Jönsson
Executive Producer
Joachim Holbek
Music Arranger, Orchestrator
Hans Møller
Dialogue Editor
Tine Grew Pfeiffer
Post Production Assistant, Production Assistant
Robby Müller
Director of Photography
Henrik Jongdahl
Title Designer
Vibeke Windeløv
Producer
Kristoffer Nyholm
Second Unit Director
Anders Refn
Editor
Eric Kress
Second Unit Director of Photography
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Supervising Sound Editor
Peter Schultz
Sound Effects Editor
Linda Daae
Continuity
Morten Arnfred
First Assistant Director
Marianne Slot
Co-Producer
Jonas Alexander Arnby
Assistant Property Master
Anthony Dod Mantle
Location Scout
Manon Rasmussen
Costume Design