Breaking the Waves

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Emily Watson

Bess McNeill

Stellan Skarsgård

Jan Nyman

Katrin Cartlidge

Dodo McNeill

Jean-Marc Barr

Terry

Adrian Rawlins

Dr. Richardson

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Jonathan Hackett

Priest

Sandra Voe

Mother

Udo Kier

Sadistic Sailor

Mikkel Gaup

Pits

Roef Ragas

Pim

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Robert Robertson

Chairman

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Phil McCall

Grandfather

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Desmond Reilly

An Elder

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Sarah Gudgeon

Sybilla

Finlay Welsh

Coroner

David Gallacher

Glasgow Doctor

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Ray Jeffries

Man on Bus

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Owen Kavanagh

Man at Lighthouse

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Bob Docherty

Man on Boat

David Bateson

Young Sailor

Crew

Art

• Leo Jørgart Construction Manager
• Rasmus With Assistant Property Master
• Morten Constantineanu Bak Graphic Designer
• Simone Grau Roney Props
• Peter Grant Property Master
• Jørgen Krogh Painter
• Peter Øvig Knudsen Location Scout
• John Knight Props
• Nini Mandal Props
• Jonas Alexander Arnby Assistant Property Master
• Søren Simonsen Painter
• René Pejl Lead Painter

Camera

• Robby Müller Director of Photography
• Pim Tjujerman Focus Puller
• Per Fredrik Skiöld Assistant Camera
• Thomas Holm Deleurang Clapper Loader
• Rolf Konow Still Photographer
• Jean-Paul Meurisse Camera Operator
• Eric Kress Second Unit Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Binkie Darling Costumer
• Anne-Marie Gudnitz Costume Assistant
• Anja Dahl Makeup Artist
• Sanne Gravfort Makeup Artist
• Jennifer Jorfaid Makeup Artist
• Manon Rasmussen Costume Design
• Morten Jacobsen Special Effects Makeup Artist
• Dorota Horonska Assistant Makeup Artist

Crew

• Charlie Lowry Henderson In Memory Of
• Søren Buus Visual Effects Editor
• Mogens Craner Carpenter
• Thomas Westi Carpenter
• Poul Erik Andersen Carpenter
• Lars Kolding Andersen Special Effects
• Torben Skalleræk Carpenter
• Tine Grew Pfeiffer Post Production Assistant
• Steve Holtson Video Assist Operator
• Niels Valentin Dal Visual Effects Editor
• Ray Williams Executive Music Producer
• Morten Ziersen Video Assist Operator

Directing

• Lars von Trier Director
• Linda Daae Continuity
• Morten Arnfred First Assistant Director
• Kristoffer Nyholm Second Unit Director

Editing

• Anders Refn Editor
• Anders Bukh Assistant Editor
• Olivier Fontenay Color Timer
• Patrick Dreyfus Color Timer
• Marianne Jerris Negative Cutter

Lighting

• Christopher Porter Gaffer
• Leif Barney Fick Gaffer
• Søren Johannes Meyer Electrician

Production

• Joyce Nettles Casting
• Peter Aalbæk Jensen Producer
• Janet Riddoch Location Manager
• Anna Anthony Executive Producer's Assistant
• Anne Campbell Extras Casting
• Ruth Tarko Additional Casting
• Rie Hedegaard Casting
• Morten Kleener Location Manager
• Glenn Weinold Production Runner
• John Goodwin Production Runner
• Christine MacLean Production Consultant
• Nanna Mailand-Mercado Production Assistant

Sound

• Per Streit Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Julien Naudin Foley Artist
• Ad Stoop Boom Operator
• Per Streit Sound Designer
• Kristian Eidnes Andersen Supervising Sound Editor
• Peter Schultz Sound Effects Editor
• Hans Møller Dialogue Editor
• Ulrik Corlin Musician
• Joachim Holbek Orchestrator
• Tom Harboe Music Arranger
• Jan Harboe Musician
• Christian Steenstrup Musician

Writing

• David Pirie Co-Writer
• Tómas Gislason Script Consultant
• Kirsten Bonnén Rask Script Consultant
• Lars von Trier Writer
• Peter Asmussen Co-Writer

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