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Breaking the Waves

7.5 159 mins Drama   Romance   1996
Zentropa Entertainments   Liberator Productions   Trust Film Svenska   Argus Film Produktie   Northern Lights   SVT Drama   Nordisk Film & TV Fond   La Sept Cinéma   VPRO   Media Investment Club  
Director(s): Lars von Trier

Release Date: 05 Fri, Jul 1996

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.

Casts of Breaking the Waves

Emily Watson

as Bess McNeill

Stellan Skarsgård

as Jan Nyman

Katrin Cartlidge

as Dodo McNeill

Jean-Marc Barr

as Terry

Adrian Rawlins

as Dr. Richardson

Jonathan Hackett

as Priest

Sandra Voe

as Mother

Udo Kier

as Sadistic Sailor

Mikkel Gaup

as Pits

Roef Ragas

as Pim

Robert Robertson

as Chairman

Phil McCall

as Grandfather

Desmond Reilly

as An Elder

Sarah Gudgeon

as Sybilla

Finlay Welsh

as Coroner

David Gallacher

as Glasgow Doctor

Ray Jeffries

as Man on Bus

Owen Kavanagh

as Man at Lighthouse

Bob Docherty

as Man on Boat

David Bateson

as Young Sailor

Callum Cuthbertson

as Radio Operator

Gavin Mitchell

as Police Officer 1

Brian Smith

as Police Officer 2

Iain Agnew

as Praying Man 1

Charles Kearney

as Praying Man 2

Steven Leach

as Praying Man 3

Dorte Rømer

as Nurse

John Wark

as Boy 2

Ronnie McKellaig

as Precentor

Peter Bensted

as Ugly Man (voice)

Simon Towler Jorfald

as Boy in Film (voice)

Klaus Messerschmidt Juhler

as Paramedic (uncredited)

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