Jørgen Leth Movies

  • 2015
    Født til Filmen

    Født til Filmen

    Født til Filmen

    02015HD

    What are the consequences of a young person to be famous at an early age, being a public person? "Født til Filmen" is about the Danish...

    Født til Filmen
  • 1973
    Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee

    Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee

    Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee

    51973HD

    With a slow introductory zoom onto Leth in a TV studio and a corresponding zoom out at the end Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee may be...

    Eddy Merckx in the Vicinity of a Cup of Coffee
  • 1972
    Life in Denmark

    Life in Denmark

    Life in Denmark

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    The intention of the film is to give an impression of what small exotic Denmark looks like, what the strange Danes look like and how they are. Nearly...

    Life in Denmark
  • 1993
    Michael Laudrup: A Football Player

    Michael Laudrup: A Football Player

    Michael Laudrup: A Football Player

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    A stil-life of marvellous Danish footballer Michael Laudrups performance on the Barcelona dreamteam 1989-94.

    Michael Laudrup: A Football Player
  • 1964
    Look Forward to a Time of Security

    Look Forward to a Time of Security

    Look Forward to a Time of Security

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    A study of the basic elements of film, first and foremost framing and the relationship between image and sound. The film consists of shots of a...

    Look Forward to a Time of Security
  • 1979
    Dancing Bournonville

    Dancing Bournonville

    Dancing Bournonville

    51979HD

    At danse Bournonville is a portrait of the Bournonville tradition at the Royal Danish ballet that has survived for 150 years on the basis of a few...

    Dancing Bournonville
  • 1968
    The Perfect Human

    The Perfect Human

    The Perfect Human

    6.5481968HD

    An elegant and humorous film—in the guise of a serious anthropological treatise—spotlights "The Perfect Human," a model of the modern...

    The Perfect Human
  • 1989
    Danish Literature

    Danish Literature

    Danish Literature

    4.31989HD

    Jørgen Leth's personal, pleasurable distillation of Danish literature covers seven poets alive at the time of production and twenty classical...

    Danish Literature
  • 1994
    Katherine Dunham - Dancing with Life

    Katherine Dunham - Dancing with Life

    Katherine Dunham - Dancing with Life

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    Not surprisingly, Jørgen Leth became fascinated by Katherine Dunham (1909-2006), an African-American anthropologist, dancer and choreographer...

    Katherine Dunham - Dancing with Life
  • 1978
    Peter Martins: A Dancer

    Peter Martins: A Dancer

    Peter Martins: A Dancer

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    A late 1970s look at Danish ballet star Peter Martins's art and an assessment of what makes him unique and highly lauded on the international stage...

    Peter Martins: A Dancer
  • 1999
    I Am Alive

    I Am Alive

    I Am Alive

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    With films like Det perfekte menneske and Det gode og det onde in mind the consistent black and white portrait film Jeg er levende gives the...

    I Am Alive
  • 1983
    Interference

    Interference

    Interference

    61983HD

    Udenrigskorrespondenten was Leth's first feature but must be regarded as an experiment in fiction rather than an action film in the usual sense. Alex...

    Interference
  • 2017
    Pelota II

    Pelota II

    Pelota II

    02017HD

    The mysteries of the balls in Basque Pelota: each ball is a unique creation with which the players have a special relationship.

    Pelota II
  • 2018
    The Perfect Human

    The Perfect Human

    The Perfect Human

    02018HD

    Refilmed scene by scene of the short film "The Perfect Human" (1967), by Jorgen Leth, to resignify from the recognition of diversity and the multiple...

    The Perfect Human
  • 1982
    Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger

    Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger

    Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger

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    Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger
  • 2020
    Gifts of Chance – a film about Jørgen Leth

    Gifts of Chance – a film about Jørgen Leth

    Gifts of Chance – a film about Jørgen Leth

    02020HD

    Jørgen Leth looks back at more than 50 years as a filmmaker in a cheerful film, whose contagious enthusiasm initiates us in his special poetry.

    Gifts of Chance – a film about Jørgen Leth
  • 1987
    Notebook from China

    Notebook from China

    Notebook from China

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    In 1984 Jørgen Leth, cinematographer Dan Holmberg and sound recordist Niels Torp travelled some 6,000 kilometres by train through China. The...

    Notebook from China
  • 1970
    The Search

    The Search

    The Search

    51970HD

    The Search is the ultimate happening film created by a group of ABCinema members during a camp on the Juttish heath. The film consists of loosely...

    The Search
  • 1974
    Stars and the Water Carriers

    Stars and the Water Carriers

    Stars and the Water Carriers

    6.51974HD

    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...

    Stars and the Water Carriers
  • 1979
    A Midsummer Night's Play

    A Midsummer Night's Play

    A Midsummer Night's Play

    51979HD

    Leth's television production of Sanct Hansaften-Spil by the Danish playwright Adam Oehlenshläger is an attempt to take the poetic play at face...

    A Midsummer Night's Play