Jørgen Leth
Jørgen Leth is a Danish poet and film director who is considered a leading figure in experimental documentary film making. Most notable are his epic documentary A Sunday in Hell and his surrealistic short film The Perfect Human. He is also a sports commentator for Danish television and is represented by the film production company, Sunset Productions.
The Five Obstructions
as Voice-over (from Det perfekte menneske) / Self - Director / +Lars von Trier challenges his mentor, filmmaker Jørgen Leth, to remake Leth’s 1967 short film...
Movie pageThe Erotic Man
as HimselfThe film has been ten years in the making, and over time it has grown to become what the...
Movie pageKlown
as Jørgen LethFrank is left with the responsibility for his nephew Bo on an already planned canoe trip....
Movie pageThe Perfect Human
as Speaker (voice) (uncredited)An elegant and humorous film—in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise—spotlights "The...
Movie pageCorona Film Club
as SelfDocumentary about filmmaker and film lover Stig Björkman during the pandemic year of 2020 when...
Movie page66 Scenes from America
as SelfAs a visual narrative it is reminiscent of a pile of postcards from a journey, which indeed is...
Movie pageI Walk
as himselfDocumentary about Danish filmmaker, sports journalist and poet Jørgen Leth who struggles after...
Movie pageGifts of Chance – a film about Jørgen Leth
as HimselfJørgen Leth looks back at more than 50 years as a filmmaker in a cheerful film, whose contagious...
Movie pageKomeda: A Soundtrack for a Life
as SelfKrzysztof Komeda was a jazz pianist and film composer. With compositions like the lullaby for...
Movie pageGood and Evil
as NarratorJørgen Leth can squeeze poetry from a stone and wit from dust, and he can find love where the...
Movie pageLaamb
as Narrator (voice)The rules are simple in Senegalese wrestling: First man down, loses. The sport derives from...
Movie pageFødt til Filmen
as HimselfWhat are the consequences of a young person to be famous at an early age, being a public person?...
Movie pageFreedom of Space: Skateboard Culture and the Public Space
as NarratorA documentary about the interaction of skateboarding and public space. Shot in 2006 on 16mm Film...
Movie pageSanselighedens pris
as uncreditedWhen the media storm flared up in the wake of Jørgen Leth's memoir "The Imperfect Man" in 2005,...
Movie pageSpise med Price
as FortællerThe artistically streaked brothers James and Adam Price learned early on to LOVE food and both...
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