Breaking the Waves poster
2h39
Breaking the Waves
by Lars von Trier
1996
Love is a mighty power.
6
Watched on 28 Jan 2026
7.5
Hard
Budget
$7.5M
Revenue
$23M
2x

Details

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.

Cast
Emily WatsonBess McNeillStellan SkarsgårdJan NymanKatrin CartlidgeDodo McNeillJean-Marc BarrTerryAdrian RawlinsDr. RichardsonJonathan HackettPriestSandra VoeMotherUdo KierSadistic SailorMikkel GaupPitsRoef RagasPim
Studio
Zentropa Entertainments, SVT Drama, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, La Sept Cinéma, VPRO, Media Investment Club, Trust Film Svenska, Liberator Productions, Argus Film Produktie, Northern Lights, DR TV, Villealfa Filmproductions, YLE, ZDF
Credits80
WriterLars von Trier
Executive ProducerLars Jönsson
ProducerPeter Aalbæk Jensen, Vibeke Windeløv
Additional CastingRuth Tarko
Assistant CameraPer Fredrik Skiöld
Assistant EditorAnders Bukh
Assistant Makeup ArtistDorota Horonska
Assistant Property MasterRasmus With, Jonas Alexander Arnby
Boom OperatorAd Stoop
Camera OperatorJean-Paul Meurisse
CarpenterTorben Skalleræk, Mogens Craner, Thomas Westi, Poul Erik Andersen
CastingJoyce Nettles, Rie Hedegaard
Casting AssistantLouise Cross
CateringCharlotte Giannetta
Clapper LoaderThomas Holm Deleurang
Co-ProducerMarianne Slot, Rob Langestraat, Peter van Vogelpoel, Axel Helgeland
Co-WriterDavid Pirie, Peter Asmussen
Color TimerPatrick Dreyfus, Olivier Fontenay
Construction ManagerLeo Jørgart
ContinuityLinda Daae
Costume AssistantAnne-Marie Gudnitz
Costume DesignManon Rasmussen
CostumerBinkie Darling
Dialogue CoachElspeth MacNaughton
Dialogue EditorHans Møller
Director of PhotographyRobby Müller
DriverFrank Weinberger
EditorAnders Refn
ElectricianSøren Johannes Meyer
Executive Music ProducerRay Williams
Executive Producer's AssistantAnna Anthony
Extras CastingAnne Campbell
First Assistant DirectorMorten Arnfred
Focus PullerPim Tjujerman
Foley ArtistJulien Naudin
GafferLeif Barney Fick, Christopher Porter
Graphic DesignerMorten Constantineanu Bak
In Memory OfCharlie Lowry Henderson
Lead PainterRené Pejl
Location ManagerMorten Kleener, Janet Riddoch
Location ScoutPeter Øvig Knudsen, Anthony Dod Mantle
Makeup ArtistSanne Gravfort, Jennifer Jorfaid, Anja Dahl
Medical ConsultantGrethe Wejlgaard
Music ArrangerJoachim Holbek, Tom Harboe, Ulrik Corlin, Jan Harboe
Music ConsultantTom Harboe
Music ProducerMark Warrick
MusicianJan Harboe, Carl-Ulrik Munch Andersen, Christian Steenstrup, Ulrik Corlin, Tom Harboe
Negative CutterMarianne Jerris
OrchestratorJoachim Holbek
Original Music ComposerJoachim Holbek
PainterSøren Simonsen, Jørgen Krogh
Post Production AssistantTine Grew Pfeiffer
Post Production SupervisorTove Jystrup
Producer's AssistantCharlotte Pedersen
Production AccountantAnn Vognsen, Ghita Norrekjær, Ann Køj
Production AssistantCasper Holm, Tine Grew Pfeiffer, Nanna Mailand-Mercado
Production ConsultantChristine MacLean
Production DesignKarl Júlíusson
Production ManagerLeif Mohlin
Production RunnerGlenn Weinold, Stephen Burt, Rasmus Heisterberg, John Goodwin, Ricki Rasmussen
Property MasterPeter Grant
PropsJohn Knight, Nini Mandal, Simone Grau Roney
Public RelationsHanne Palmquist, Christel Hammer
Script ConsultantKirsten Bonnén Rask, Tómas Gislason
Second Unit DirectorKristoffer Nyholm
Second Unit Director of PhotographyEric Kress
Sound DesignerPer Streit
Sound Effects EditorPeter Schultz
Sound Re-Recording MixerPer Streit
Special EffectsLars Kolding Andersen
Special Effects Makeup ArtistMorten Jacobsen
Still PhotographerRolf Konow
Stunt CoordinatorTerry Forrestal
StuntsLasse Spang Olsen
Supervising Sound EditorKristian Eidnes Andersen
ThanksSimon Platz, Shirley Clarke
Title DesignerHenrik Jongdahl
Unit Production ManagerLene Nielsen
Video Assist OperatorFredrik Kihl, Morten Ziersen, Steve Holtson
Visual Effects EditorSøren Buus, Steen Lyders Hansen, Niels Valentin Dal

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