Jørgen Leth Movies

  • 1972
    Chinese Ping-Pong

    Chinese Ping-Pong

    Chinese Ping-Pong

    5.71972HD

    An experimental sports film made partly during the Scandinavian Open Championships in Halmstad in 1970, partly during the Chinese players' exhibition...

    Chinese Ping-Pong
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2003
    New Scenes from America

    New Scenes from America

    New Scenes from America

    62003HD

    A look at post-9/11 America by the Danish documentarian.

    New Scenes from America
  • 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

    02006HD

    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
  • 2005
    Aarhus

    Aarhus

    Aarhus

    5.22005HD

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

    Aarhus
  • 2023
    Music for Black Pigeons

    Music for Black Pigeons

    Music for Black Pigeons

    6.82023HD

    Music for Black Pigeons is the first collaboration between Jørgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed. The film poses existential questions to...

    Music for Black Pigeons
  • 1992
    Traberg

    Traberg

    Traberg

    31992HD

    Traberg, like Udenrigskorrespondenten, is an experiment in fiction consisting of placing a character or a fictional sketch into a set of surroundings...

    Traberg
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1974
    Klaus Rifbjerg

    Klaus Rifbjerg

    Klaus Rifbjerg

    51974HD

    Klaus Rifbjerg is a portrait that has the author talking about his work in a series of tableaux.

    Klaus Rifbjerg
  • 1970
    Frændeløs

    Frændeløs

    Frændeløs

    61970HD

    Anthology of six experimental films. 1) Allan de Waal: Investigation of an abandoned hippie house. 2) Bjørn Nørgaard and Lene Adler...

    Frændeløs
  • 2002
    Dreamers

    Dreamers

    Dreamers

    72002HD

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

    Dreamers
  • 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
  • 2013
    I Am Talking To You

    I Am Talking To You

    I Am Talking To You

    02013HD

    A documentary about the Danish artist John Kørner.

    I Am Talking To You
  • 1999
    I Am Alive

    I Am Alive

    I Am Alive

    01999HD

    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

    51968HD

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

    Ophelia's Flowers
  • 1969
    Krag-filmen

    Krag-filmen

    Krag-filmen

    01969HD

    The ABCinema group dispatched Jørgen Leth to make the arrangements with Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag, who good-naturedly put himself at their...

    Krag-filmen
  • 2009
    ABCinema

    ABCinema

    ABCinema

    02009HD

    A documentary and series of interviews about the ABCinema movement/production group.

    ABCinema
  • 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