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Jørgen Leth
Director 1937 - 2025

Jørgen Leth

Århus, Denmark

Jørgen Leth was 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... Read full bio →

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5 titles
The Erotic Man

The Erotic Man

Jørgen Leth 2010 1h 25m

A collections of scenes based on documents, letters, pictures and poems that depict a man's erotic nature.

Klovn: The Movie

Klovn: The Movie

Mikkel Nørgaard 2010 1h 33m 7.0

After making a wrong move, resulting in his brother-in-law falling off a ladder, Frank must take care of his nephew Bo and include him in an all-male canoe-trip, which was planned before the accident.

De fem benspænd

De fem benspænd

Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth 2003 1h 28m 7.3

About a filmmaker not only revisiting, but also recreating (not in a conventional sense) one of his first films, The Perfect Human / Det perfekte menneske (1967)

66 scener fra Amerika

66 scener fra Amerika

Jørgen Leth 1982 42m

As a visual narrative it is reminiscent of a pile of postcards from a journey, which indeed is what the film is. It consists of a series of lengthy shots of a tableau nature, each appearing to be a more or less random cross section of American reality, but which in total invoke a highly emblematic picture of the USA.

Det perfekte menneske

Det perfekte menneske

Jørgen Leth 1967 13m 6.0

A Masterpiece short film from Jørgen Leth.

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