Breaking the Waves (1996)

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Original title	Breaking the Waves
Swedish release title	Breaking the Waves
Distribution title	Hullámtörés (Ungern)
Title for Swedish Video release	Breaking the Waves

Director	Lars von Trier
Screenplay	Lars von Trier Peter Asmussen David Pirie (ej krediterad)
Producer	Vibeke Windeløv Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Director of Photography	Robby Müller
Music	Joachim Holbek
Production Designer	Karl Júlíusson
Film Editor	Anders Refn
Production Mixer	Per Streit (ljudtekniker och ljuddesign) Klas Baggström (andrateam)
Production Manager	Lene Nielsen (Unit Production Manager) Leif Mohlin
Assistant Director	Morten Arnfred
Advisor	Kirsten Bonnén Rask (manus) Tomas Gíslason (manus) Grethe Wejlgaard (medicinsk) Else Hartzberg (folkdans) Christina Mackay (kyrklig) Tom Harboe (skotsk musik)
Stunt Coordinator	Terry Forrestal (Skottland)
Second Unit Director	Kristoffer Nyholm
Script Supervisor	Linda Daae
Special Effects	Peter Schultz (special effects editor) Per Kirkeby (konstnär visuella digitala effekter) Søren Buus (klippning visuella effekter) Steen Lyders Hansen (klippning visuella effekter) Niels Valentin Dal (klippning visuella effekter) Lars K. Andersen (as Lars Andersen) (Skottland)
Camera Operator	Jean-Paul Meurisse
Assistant Film Editor	Anders Johannes Bukh
Boom Operator	Ad Stoop
Co-producer	Axel Helgeland Peter van Vogelpoel Rob Langestraat
Executive Producer	Lars Jönsson
Unit Manager	Morten Kleener Janet Riddoch (Skottland)
Production Assistant	Charlotte Pedersen Tine Grew Pfeiffer Casper Holm Nanna Mailand-Hansen
Casting	Joyce Nettles Ruth Tarko (kompletterande) Rie Hedegaard (Danmark) Louise Cross (assistent till Joyce Nettles) Anne Campbell (statister - Skottland)
Production Accountant	Charlotte Vinther (financial controller) Ann Køj Slemming Ghita Nørrekjær Ann Vognsen
Post Production Supervisor	Tove Jystrup
Unit Publicist	Hanne Palmquist Christel Hammer Nynne Eidnes Selin (as Nynne Selin) (assistent)
Film Commissioner	Jørgen Ljungdahl (Danmark) Per Lysander (Sverige) Oddvar Bull Tuhus (Norge) Gunnar Svensrud (Norge)
First Assistant Cameraman	Pim Tjujerman (focus puller)
Special Photographic Effects	Jan Weincke (chefsfotograf) Birger Bohm (B-fotograf) Otto Stenov (elektriker)
Second Unit Director of Photography	Eric Kress
Assistant Cameraman	Per Fredrik Skiöld Thomas Holm Christensen (as Thomas Holm) Mads Thomsen (andrateam)
Gaffer	Christopher Porter Leif "Barney" Fick Søren Johannes Meyer
Key Grip	John Goodwin Rasmus Heisterberg Stephen Burt (Skottland) Glenn Weinold (Skottland) Ricki Rasmussen (Skottland)
Color Timer	Olivier Fontenay (film) Patrick Dreyfus (video)
Negative Cutter	Marianne Jerris
Musical Arrangement	Joachim Holbek
Carpenter	Torben Skallebæk Poul Erik Andersen Mogens Craner Thomas Westi
Painter	René Pejl Søren Simonsen Jørgen Krogh
Propman	Peter Grant Simone Grau Larsen John Knight (kompletterande - Skottland)
Costume Designer	Manon Rasmussen Binkie Darling (Skottland)
Dressmaker	Nini Mandal
Make-up Supervisor	Jennifer Jorfald Nanne Gravfort Morten Jacobsen (specialsminkning, kirurgeffekter)
Driver	Frank Weinberger (busschaufför)
Construction Coordinator	Leo Jørgart Alistair MacGregor (Skottland)
Assistant Costume Designer	Anne-Marie Gudnitz
Caterer	Charlotte Giannetta
Sound Editor	Kristian Eidnes Andersen (supervising sound editor) Hans Møller (dialogue editor)
Graphic Design	Morten Constantineanu Bak
Other Crew	Christine MacLean (produktionskonsult Skottland) Anna Anthony (verkställande producentens assistent) Morten Ziersen (videoassistent) Steve Holtson (videoassistent) Frederik Kihl (videoassistent) Damien Maurel (konsult digital video) Ray Williams (verkställande musikproducent) Mark Warrick (musikproducent) Elspeth MacNaughton (dialogue coach) Birgitte Skov (regilärling) Niels Reierman (regilärling)
Assistant Property Master	Rasmus With Jonas Alexander Arnby
Make-up Assistant	Dorota Boronska
Production Company (physical)	Marianne Slot
Translated by	Jonathan Sydenham

Emily Watson	Bess McNeill
Stellan Skarsgård	Jan
Katrin Cartlidge	Dodo McNeill
Jean-Marc Barr	Terry
Adrian Rawlins	doktor Richardson
Jonathan Hackett	prästen
Sandra Voe	mamman
Udo Kier	den sadistiske sjömannen
Mikkel Gaup	Pits
Roef Ragas	Pim
Phil McCall	William, farfadern
Robert Robertson	ordföranden
Desmond Reilly	församlingsäldste
Sarah Gudgeon	Sybilla
Finley Welsh	rättsläkaren
David Gallacher	läkaren i Glasgow
Ray Jeffries	en man på bussen
Owen Kavanagh	en man i fyren
Rob Docherty	en man på båten
David Bateson	den unge sjömannen
Callum Cuthbertson	radiooperatören
Gavin Mitchell	första polisen
Brian Smith	andra polisen
Iain Agnew	första bedjande mannen
Charles Kearney	andra bedjande mannen
Steven Leach	tredje bedjande mannen
Dorte Rømer	sjuksköterskan
Anthony O'Donnell	fösta pojken
John Wark	andra pojken
Ronnie McKellaig	kantorn
-	Dubbningsröster:
Peter Bensted	den fule mannen
Simon Towler Jorfald	pojken i filmen

Production Company	Zentropa Entertainments ApS		(@)
	Société d'Engénérie et de Programmes de Télévision et d'Audio-Visuels		(@) (i co-produktion m)
	Trust Film Svenska AB
	Liberator Productions SARL
	Argus Film Produktie
	Northern Lights Film & TV Produksjon A/S
	Sveriges Television AB Kanal 1
	Media Investment Club
	Omroepvereniging VPRO
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Triangelfilm AB	1996
	Kulturföreningen Kedjan	1996
Distributor in Sweden (Video)	Scanbox Sweden AB	1997
	Föreningen Filmcentrum	1997
Financier	Co-Production Fund National Broadcasters (COBO)
	SCALE/Strategics		(marknadsföringsstöd)
	Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l'Europe		(marknadsföringsstöd)
	Nordisk Film & TV Fond
	European Script Fund
	Icelandic Film Corporation
	Lucky Red SRL
	October Films
	Philippe Bober
	Le Studio Canal+
	Danmarks Radio
	TV 1000 Sverige AB
	Villealfa Filmproductions Oy
	Oy Yleisradio Ab TV1
	Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
	Arte Deutschland TV GmbH
	Det Danske Filminstitut
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
	Det norske filminstituttet
	Het Nederlands Fonds voor de Film
	Suomen Elokuvasäätiö
Distributor in Sweden (buy video)	Triangelfilm AB	1997
	Scanbox Sweden AB	1997
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB	2003

Censorship number	134108
Date	1996-08-12
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	4363 meters
Notes	Aktindelning: 444-454-475-495-555-442-368-455-447-228

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Dolby Stereo Spectral Recording
Colour type	Colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	4363 meter
Length in minutes	159 min

First showing	1996-07-05			Denmark
Other showing	1996-08-09			Norway		(premiär i Norge)
Release in Sweden	1996-08-23	Capitol	Gothenburg	Sweden	159 min
	1996-08-23	Spegeln	Malmö	Sweden	159 min
	1996-08-23	Röda Kvarn	Stockholm	Sweden	159 min	(samt ytterligare 4 platser)
Video release	1997-08			Sweden	153 min
TV showing	1999-04-02	SVT1		Sweden	153 min
	2000-11-10	SVT1		Sweden	153 min
DVD release	2003-12-10			Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2010-03-13
	2010-03-27
Filmhusetvisning	2014-01-05
Cinematheque screening	2015-09-03	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy	2015-09-03
Extern biograf, Sverige	2016-09-16
TV showing	2016-11-18	SVT2		Sweden
Festival showing	2020-02-01	Bio Roy	Gothenburg	Sweden		Göteborg Filmfestival 2020

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Lyrics	Bob Dylan	(1963)
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Lyrics	Bryan Ferry	(1972)
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Lyrics	Leonard Cohen	(1967)
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Singer	Elton John

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Musical Arrangement	Tom Harboe
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Prize	Montreal	1998			(bästa film 1997; enl. L'Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma /AQCC/)
Festival Award	Brussels	1998			(bästa europeiska film senaste 25 åren)
Zlota Tasma	Warsaw	1997			(bästa utländska film)
The Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	1997	Best Foreign Language Film
Festival Award	Montevideo	1997			(bästa spelfilm)
European Film Award	Berlin	1996		Emily Watson	(European Actress of the Year)
	Berlin	1996			(European Film of the Year)
FIPRESCI	Berlin	1996
Prize	New York	1996			(bästa regi, enl. NY:s filmkritiker + 2 andra priser)
Prix Spécial du Jury	Cannes	1996
Amanda Award (Norway)	Haugesund	1996			(årets bästa nordiska film)
Best Cinematography	Toruń	1996		Robby Müller	(kritikerutmärkelse; Camerimage '96)
	Toruń	1996		Robby Müller	(filmskolans - i Lódz - studenters pris; Camerimage '96)
	Toruń	1996		Robby Müller	(publikspris)
	Toruń	1996		Robby Müller	(Gazeta Pomorska-pris; Camerimage '96)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm
Length	4348

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Breaking the waves. By Lars von Trier David Pirie Peter Asmussen. Translation: Jonathan Sydenham.
Extent	120 s.
Language	English

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Breaking the waves. Synopsis.
Extent	2 s. + 3 s. regissörens kommentar och rollbeskrivning.
Language	French

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Breaking the waves. Synopsis.
Extent	2 s. + 3 s. regissörens kommentar och rollbeskrivning.
Language	English

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Breaking the waves. Treatment.
Extent	26 s.
Language	English

Black and white print	7
Colour prints	6
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck