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Breaking the Waves (1996) [R]

Release Date:
July 5, 1996

Original Title:
Breaking the Waves

Alternate Titles:
Amor omnie
Breaking the waves - Aallonmurtaja
Contra viento y marea
Damazontas ta kymata
Kiseki no Umi
L'amour est un pouvoir sacré
Rompiendo las olas
브레이킹 더 웨이브

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Argus Film Produktie
La Sept Cinéma
Liberator Productions
Media Investment Club
Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Northern Lights
SVT Drama
Trust Film Svenska
VPRO
Zentropa Entertainments

Production Countries:
Denmark | France | Netherlands | Norway | Sweden

Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 15+  DE: 12  DK: 15  FR: 12  GB: 18  IT: 14+  KR: 18  NL: 16  PT: M/16  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 158

Love is a mighty power.

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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.

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Production

Additional Casting:
Ruth Tarko

Assistant Camera:
Per Fredrik Skiöld

Assistant Editor:
Anders Bukh

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Dorota Horonska

Assistant Property Master:
Rasmus With
Jonas Alexander Arnby

Boom Operator:
Ad Stoop

Camera Operator:
Jean-Paul Meurisse

Carpenter:
Mogens Craner
Thomas Westi
Poul Erik Andersen
Torben Skalleræk

Casting:
Joyce Nettles
Rie Hedegaard

Casting Assistant:
Louise Cross

Catering:
Charlotte Giannetta

Clapper Loader:
Thomas Holm Deleurang

Co-Producer:
Marianne Slot
Peter van Vogelpoel
Axel Helgeland
Rob Langestraat

Co-Writer:
David Pirie
Peter Asmussen

Color Timer:
Olivier Fontenay
Patrick Dreyfus

Construction Manager:
Leo Jørgart

Continuity:
Linda Daae

Costume Assistant:
Anne-Marie Gudnitz

Costume Design:
Manon Rasmussen

Costumer:
Binkie Darling

Dialogue Coach:
Elspeth MacNaughton

Dialogue Editor:
Hans Møller

Director:
Lars von Trier

Director of Photography:
Robby Müller

Driver:
Frank Weinberger

Editor:
Anders Refn

Electrician:
Søren Johannes Meyer

Executive Music Producer:
Ray Williams

Executive Producer:
Lars Jönsson

Executive Producer's Assistant:
Anna Anthony

Extras Casting:
Anne Campbell

First Assistant Director:
Morten Arnfred

Focus Puller:
Pim Tjujerman

Foley Artist:
Julien Naudin

Gaffer:
Christopher Porter
Leif Barney Fick

Graphic Designer:
Morten Constantineanu Bak

In Memory Of:
Charlie Lowry Henderson

Lead Painter:
René Pejl

Location Manager:
Janet Riddoch
Morten Kleener

Location Scout:
Peter Øvig Knudsen
Anthony Dod Mantle

Makeup Artist:
Anja Dahl
Sanne Gravfort
Jennifer Jorfaid

Medical Consultant:
Grethe Wejlgaard

Music Arranger:
Tom Harboe
Ulrik Corlin
Joachim Holbek
Jan Harboe

Music Consultant:
Tom Harboe

Music Producer:
Mark Warrick

Musician:
Ulrik Corlin
Jan Harboe
Christian Steenstrup
Tom Harboe
Carl-Ulrik Munch Andersen

Negative Cutter:
Marianne Jerris

Orchestrator:
Joachim Holbek

Painter:
Jørgen Krogh
Søren Simonsen

Post Production Assistant:
Tine Grew Pfeiffer

Post Production Supervisor:
Tove Jystrup

Producer:
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Vibeke Windeløv

Producer's Assistant:
Charlotte Pedersen

Production Accountant:
Ann Køj
Ghita Norrekjær
Ann Vognsen

Production Assistant:
Nanna Mailand-Mercado
Tine Grew Pfeiffer
Casper Holm

Production Consultant:
Christine MacLean

Production Design:
Karl Júlíusson

Production Manager:
Leif Mohlin

Production Runner:
Glenn Weinold
John Goodwin
Rasmus Heisterberg
Ricki Rasmussen
Stephen Burt

Property Master:
Peter Grant

Props:
Simone Grau Roney
John Knight
Nini Mandal

Public Relations:
Christel Hammer
Hanne Palmquist

Script Consultant:
Tómas Gislason
Kirsten Bonnén Rask

Second Unit Director:
Kristoffer Nyholm

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Eric Kress

Sound Designer:
Per Streit

Sound Effects Editor:
Peter Schultz

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Per Streit

Special Effects:
Lars Kolding Andersen

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Morten Jacobsen

Still Photographer:
Rolf Konow

Stunt Coordinator:
Terry Forrestal

Stunts:
Lasse Spang Olsen

Supervising Sound Editor:
Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Thanks:
Shirley Clarke
Simon Platz

Title Designer:
Henrik Jongdahl

Unit Production Manager:
Lene Nielsen

Video Assist Operator:
Steve Holtson
Morten Ziersen
Fredrik Kihl

Visual Effects Editor:
Søren Buus
Niels Valentin Dal
Steen Lyders Hansen

Writer:
Lars von Trier

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