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The Five Obstructions

6.9 90 mins Documentary   2003
Panic Productions   Wajnbrosse Productions   Almaz Film Productions   Zentropa Entertainments  
Director(s): Jørgen Leth Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier challenges his mentor, filmmaker Jørgen Leth, to remake Leth’s 1967 short film The Perfect Human five times, each with a different set of bizarre and challenging rules.

Casts of The Five Obstructions

Claus Nissen

as The Perfect Man (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)

Majken Algren Nielsen

as The Perfect Woman (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)

Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez

as The Perfect Man (segment "Cuba")

Jacqueline Arenal

as The Perfect Woman (segment "Cuba")

Vivian Rosa

as (segment "Cuba")

Jørgen Leth

as Voice-over (from Det perfekte menneske) / Self - Director / +

Patrick Bauchau

as The Perfect Man / Voice-over (Brussels) / Speaker (Cartoon)

Alexandra Vandernoot

as The Perfect Woman (segment "Brussels")

Marie Dejaer

as Maid (segment "Brussels")

Pascal Perez

as Couple (Man) (segment "Brussels")

Meschell Perez

as Couple (Woman) (segment "Brussels")

Bent Christensen

as Gangster (from Det gode og det onde) (segment "Cartoon")

Anders Hove

as Naked Man (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment "Cartoon")

Charlotte Sieling

as Naked Woman (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment "Cartoon")

Jan Nowicki

as Man with Jacket (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment Cartoon)

Stina Ekblad

as Woman with Money (from Notater om kærligheden) (segment Cartoon)

Lars von Trier

as Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")

Bob Sabiston

as Self (segment "The Perfect Human: Cartoon") (uncredited)

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