--- title: "Breaking the Waves: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/breaking-the-waves/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/breaking-the-waves" cast: 33 crew: 93 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Breaking the Waves (1996): cast and crew 33 cast and 93 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Emily Watson](https://film.one/person/emily-watson.md) as Bess McNeill - [Stellan Skarsgård](https://film.one/person/stellan-skarsgard.md) as Jan Nyman - [Katrin Cartlidge](https://film.one/person/katrin-cartlidge.md) as Dodo McNeill - [Jean-Marc Barr](https://film.one/person/jean-marc-barr.md) as Terry - [Adrian Rawlins](https://film.one/person/adrian-rawlins.md) as Dr. Richardson - [Jonathan Hackett](https://film.one/person/jonathan-hackett.md) as Priest - [Sandra Voe](https://film.one/person/sandra-voe.md) as Mother - [Udo Kier](https://film.one/person/udo-kier.md) as Sadistic Sailor - [Mikkel Gaup](https://film.one/person/mikkel-gaup.md) as Pits - [Roef Ragas](https://film.one/person/roef-ragas.md) as Pim - [Robert Robertson](https://film.one/person/robert-robertson.md) as Chairman - [Phil McCall](https://film.one/person/phil-mccall.md) as Grandfather - Desmond Reilly as An Elder - Sarah Gudgeon as Sybilla - Finlay Welsh as Coroner - David Gallacher as Glasgow Doctor - Ray Jeffries as Man on Bus - Owen Kavanagh as Man at Lighthouse - Bob Docherty as Man on Boat - David Bateson as Young Sailor - Callum Cuthbertson as Radio Operator - Gavin Mitchell as Police Officer 1 - Brian Smith as Police Officer 2 - Iain Agnew as Praying Man 1 - Charles Kearney as Praying Man 2 - Steven Leach as Praying Man 3 - Dorte Rømer as Nurse - Anthony J. O'Donnell as Boy 1 - John Wark as Boy 2 - Ronnie McKellaig as Precentor - Peter Bensted as Ugly Man (voice) - Simon Towler Jorfald as Boy in Film (voice) - Klaus Messerschmidt Juhler as Paramedic (uncredited) ## Directing - [Lars von Trier](https://film.one/person/lars-von-trier.md): Director - Linda Daae: Continuity - Kristoffer Nyholm: Second Unit Director - Morten Arnfred: First Assistant Director ## Writing - David Pirie: Co-Writer - Kirsten Bonnén Rask: Script Consultant - [Tómas Gislason](https://film.one/person/tomas-gislason.md): Script Consultant - Peter Asmussen: Co-Writer - [Lars von Trier](https://film.one/person/lars-von-trier.md): Writer ## Production - [Peter Aalbæk Jensen](https://film.one/person/peter-aalbk-jensen.md): Producer - Joyce Nettles: Casting - Rie Hedegaard: Casting - Ruth Tarko: Additional Casting - Morten Kleener: Location Manager - Anna Anthony: Executive Producer's Assistant - Anne Campbell: Extras Casting - Janet Riddoch: Location Manager - Glenn Weinold: Production Runner - Louise Cross: Casting Assistant - Ann Vognsen: Production Accountant - Stephen Burt: Production Runner - Rasmus Heisterberg: Production Runner - Charlotte Pedersen: Producer's Assistant - Christine MacLean: Production Consultant - Ghita Norrekjær: Production Accountant - Casper Holm: Production Assistant - John Goodwin: Production Runner - Ricki Rasmussen: Production Runner - Ann Køj: Production Accountant - Tine Grew Pfeiffer: Production Assistant - Nanna Mailand-Mercado: Production Assistant - [Vibeke Windeløv](https://film.one/person/vibeke-windelv.md): Producer - Marianne Slot: Co-Producer - Rob Langestraat: Co-Producer - Lene Nielsen: Unit Production Manager - Lars Jönsson: Executive Producer - Peter van Vogelpoel: Co-Producer - Axel Helgeland: Co-Producer - Leif Mohlin: Production Manager ## Camera - [Robby Müller](https://film.one/person/robby-muller.md): Director of Photography - Pim Tjujerman: Focus Puller - Rolf Konow: Still Photographer - Thomas Holm Deleurang: Clapper Loader - Per Fredrik Skiöld: Assistant Camera - Jean-Paul Meurisse: Camera Operator - Eric Kress: Second Unit Director of Photography ## Editing - [Anders Refn](https://film.one/person/anders-refn.md): Editor - Patrick Dreyfus: Color Timer - Anders Bukh: Assistant Editor - Olivier Fontenay: Color Timer - Marianne Jerris: Negative Cutter ## Sound and music - [Kristian Eidnes Andersen](https://film.one/person/kristian-eidnes-andersen.md): Supervising Sound Editor - Peter Schultz: Sound Effects Editor - Julien Naudin: Foley Artist - Per Streit: Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Hans Møller: Dialogue Editor - Ad Stoop: Boom Operator - [Joachim Holbek](https://film.one/person/joachim-holbek.md): Music Arranger, Orchestrator, Original Music Composer - Jan Harboe: Musician, Music Arranger - Tom Harboe: Music Arranger, Music Consultant, Musician - Carl-Ulrik Munch Andersen: Musician - Christian Steenstrup: Musician - Ulrik Corlin: Music Arranger, Musician - Mark Warrick: Music Producer ## Art - John Knight: Props - Morten Constantineanu Bak: Graphic Designer - Rasmus With: Assistant Property Master - Jonas Alexander Arnby: Assistant Property Master - René Pejl: Lead Painter - Nini Mandal: Props - Leo Jørgart: Construction Manager - [Peter Grant](https://film.one/person/peter-grant-6796.md): Property Master - Søren Simonsen: Painter - Jørgen Krogh: Painter - Simone Grau Roney: Props - Peter Øvig Knudsen: Location Scout - [Anthony Dod Mantle](https://film.one/person/anthony-dod-mantle.md): Location Scout - Henrik Jongdahl: Title Designer - [Karl Júlíusson](https://film.one/person/karl-juliusson.md): Production Design ## Costume and make-up - Binkie Darling: Costumer - Anne-Marie Gudnitz: Costume Assistant - Sanne Gravfort: Makeup Artist - Dorota Horonska: Assistant Makeup Artist - Morten Jacobsen: Special Effects Makeup Artist - Jennifer Jorfaid: Makeup Artist - [Manon Rasmussen](https://film.one/person/manon-rasmussen.md): Costume Design - Anja Dahl: Makeup Artist ## Lighting - Søren Johannes Meyer: Electrician - Leif Barney Fick: Gaffer - Christopher Porter: Gaffer ## Crew - Torben Skalleræk: Carpenter - Mogens Craner: Carpenter - Lars Kolding Andersen: Special Effects --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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