Jørgen Leth Movies

  • 2013
    Laamb

    Laamb

    Laamb

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    The rules are simple in Senegalese wrestling: First man down, loses. The sport derives from ritual manhood trials and has developed into a national...

    Laamb
  • 1974
    The Impossible Hour

    The Impossible Hour

    The Impossible Hour

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    The Impossible Hour is a concentrated study of Ole Ritter's attempt in Mexico City in 1974 to set a new record for the hour - described in the film...

    The Impossible Hour
  • 1982
    66 Scenes from America

    66 Scenes from America

    66 Scenes from America

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    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...

    66 Scenes from America
  • 1963
    Stop for Bud

    Stop for Bud

    Stop for Bud

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    Stop for Bud is Jørgen Leth's first film and the first in his long collaboration with Ole John. […] they wanted to "blow up cinematic...

    Stop for Bud
  • 2005
    Aarhus

    Aarhus

    Aarhus

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    A documentary short about the director's home town of Aarhus, Denmark.

    Aarhus
  • 1968
    The Perfect Human

    The Perfect Human

    The Perfect Human

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    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
  • 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
  • 1968
    Ophelia's Flowers

    Ophelia's Flowers

    Ophelia's Flowers

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    Jørgen Leth's experimental take on Ophelia's madness scene in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

    Ophelia's Flowers
  • 2006
    Freedom of Space: Skateboard Culture and the Public Space

    Freedom of Space: Skateboard Culture and the Public Space

    Freedom of Space: Skateboard Culture and the Public Space

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    A documentary about the interaction of skateboarding and public space. Shot in 2006 on 16mm Film and Mini-DV as part of the Fuel TV experiment.

    Freedom of Space: Skateboard Culture and the Public Space
  • 2002
    Dreamers

    Dreamers

    Dreamers

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    During a period of 20 years Jørgen Leth portrays Haitian painters and their wonderful native artform. They are dreamers, mystics, fantasts and...

    Dreamers
  • 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

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    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
  • 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

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    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
  • 2017
    Pelota II

    Pelota II

    Pelota II

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

    Pelota II
  • 1986
    Moments of Play

    Moments of Play

    Moments of Play

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    A personal essay on the play of children and grown-ups all over the world. The director has shot the film in different countries and cultures: Bali,...

    Moments of Play
  • 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
  • 1987
    Composer Meets Quartet

    Composer Meets Quartet

    Composer Meets Quartet

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    An insight into the work by composer and pianist Herman D. Koppel with the American Cantilena Quartet before the first performance of his piano...

    Composer Meets Quartet
  • 1970
    Motion Picture

    Motion Picture

    Motion Picture

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    The film may be viewed as a study of the nature of the medium and more specifically of the phenomena of framing, movement, and synchronicity of sound...

    Motion Picture
  • 1968
    Near Heaven, Near Earth

    Near Heaven, Near Earth

    Near Heaven, Near Earth

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    Short film about hippie life in Nepal.

    Near Heaven, Near Earth
  • 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