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The Five Obstructions
[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]Calorie Rating: 126
Released: 2003-11-07
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Revenue 279032
Studios:
Panic Productions, Wajnbrosse Productions, Almaz Film Productions, Zentropa Entertainments,
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates increasingly further elaborate stipulations.
Director / Directors
Cast
Jørgen Leth
Character: Voice-over (from Det perfekte menneske) / Self - Director / +
Lars von Trier
Character: Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")
Claus Nissen
Character: The Perfect Man (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)
Patrick Bauchau
Character: The Perfect Man / Voice-over (Brussels) / Speaker (Cartoon)
Bent Christensen
Character: Gangster (from Det gode og det onde) (segment "Cartoon")
Anders Hove
Character: Naked Man (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment "Cartoon")
Charlotte Sieling
Character: Naked Woman (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment "Cartoon")
Jan Nowicki
Character: Man with Jacket (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment Cartoon)
Stina Ekblad
Character: Woman with Money (from Notater om kærligheden) (segment Cartoon)
Bob Sabiston
Character: Self (segment "The Perfect Human: Cartoon") (uncredited)
Production and Crew