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Jørgen Leth
Writer 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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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.

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)

En forårsdag i helvede

En forårsdag i helvede

Jørgen Leth 1977 1h 51m

A Sunday in Hell (original title: En Forårsdag i Helvede) is a 1977 Danish documentary directed by Jørgen Leth. The film is a chronology of the 1976 Paris-Roubaix bicycle race from the perspective of participants, organizers and spectators.

Stjernerne og vandbærerne

Stjernerne og vandbærerne

Jørgen Leth 1974 1h 31m

The images from the Tour de France in the television production Eddy Merckx in the Vincinity of a Cup of Coffee may be seen as a small sketch for the fully unfurled epic cycling drama Stars and Watercarriers.

Det perfekte menneske

Det perfekte menneske

Jørgen Leth 1967 13m 6.0

A Masterpiece short film from Jørgen Leth.

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