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.
De fem benspænd is of 1 hour(s) and 30 minute(s). It is Produced By: Panic Productions, Wajnbrosse Productions, Almaz Film Productions, Zentropa Entertainments. It was released on 2003-11-07. It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
Genres: Documentary
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