"In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living."
Emily Watson
as Bess McNeill
Stellan Skarsgård
as Jan Nyman
Katrin Cartlidge
as Dodo McNeill
Jean-Marc Barr
as Terry
Adrian Rawlins
as Dr. Richardson
Jonathan Hackett
as Priest
Sandra Voe
as Mother
Udo Kier
as Sadistic Sailor
Mikkel Gaup
as Pits
Roef Ragas
as Pim
Robert Robertson
as Chairman
Phil McCall
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)
Lars von Trier
Director
Robby Müller
Director of Photography
Anders Refn
Editor
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Producer
Joyce Nettles
Casting
David Pirie
Co-Writer
Poul Erik Andersen
Carpenter
Jonas Alexander Arnby
Assistant Property Master
Morten Constantineanu Bak
Graphic Designer
Mogens Craner
Peter Grant
Property Master
Leo Jørgart
Construction Manager
John Knight
Props
Jørgen Krogh
Painter
Nini Mandal
René Pejl
Lead Painter
Simone Grau Roney
Søren Simonsen
Torben Skalleræk
Thomas Westi
Rasmus With
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Supervising Sound Editor
Hans Møller
Dialogue Editor
Julien Naudin
Foley Artist
Peter Schultz
Sound Effects Editor
Ad Stoop
Boom Operator
Per Streit
Sound Designer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lars Kolding Andersen
Special Effects
Søren Buus
Visual Effects Editor
Niels Valentin Dal
Steen Lyders Hansen
Terry Forrestal
Stunt Coordinator
Lasse Spang Olsen
Stunts
Leif Barney Fick
Gaffer
Thomas Holm Deleurang
Clapper Loader
Steve Holtson
Video Assist Operator
Fredrik Kihl
Rolf Konow
Still Photographer
Søren Johannes Meyer
Electrician
Christopher Porter
Per Fredrik Skiöld
Assistant Camera
Pim Tjujerman
Focus Puller
Morten Ziersen
Anne Campbell
Extras Casting
Rie Hedegaard
Ruth Tarko
Additional Casting
Binkie Darling
Costumer
Anne-Marie Gudnitz
Costume Assistant
Anders Bukh
Assistant Editor
Patrick Dreyfus
Color Timer
Olivier Fontenay
Marianne Jerris
Negative Cutter
Tine Grew Pfeiffer
Post Production Assistant
Anthony Dod Mantle
Location Scout
Morten Kleener
Location Manager
Peter Øvig Knudsen
Janet Riddoch
Carl-Ulrik Munch Andersen
Musician
Ulrik Corlin
Jan Harboe
Tom Harboe
Music Consultant
Joachim Holbek
Music Arranger
Orchestrator
Christian Steenstrup
Mark Warrick
Music Producer
Ray Williams
Executive Music Producer
Kirsten Bonnén Rask
Script Consultant
Linda Daae
Continuity
Tómas Gislason
Frank Weinberger
Driver
Anna Anthony
Executive Producer's Assistant
Stephen Burt
Production Runner
Louise Cross
Casting Assistant
Charlotte Giannetta
Catering
John Goodwin
Christel Hammer
Public Relations
Rasmus Heisterberg
Casper Holm
Production Assistant
Henrik Jongdahl
Title Designer
Ann Køj
Production Accountant
Christine MacLean
Production Consultant
Elspeth MacNaughton
Dialogue Coach
Nanna Mailand-Mercado
Ghita Norrekjær
Hanne Palmquist
Charlotte Pedersen
Producer's Assistant
Ricki Rasmussen
Ann Vognsen
Glenn Weinold
Grethe Wejlgaard
Medical Consultant
Shirley Clarke
Thanks
Charlie Lowry Henderson
In Memory Of
Simon Platz
Vibeke Windeløv
Peter van Vogelpoel
Co-Producer
Marianne Slot
Rob Langestraat
Lars Jönsson
Executive Producer
Axel Helgeland
Writer
Peter Asmussen
Eric Kress
Second Unit Director of Photography
Jean-Paul Meurisse
Camera Operator
Karl Júlíusson
Production Design
Manon Rasmussen
Costume Design
Sanne Gravfort
Makeup Artist
Dorota Horonska
Assistant Makeup Artist
Morten Jacobsen
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Jennifer Jorfaid
Anja Dahl
Tove Jystrup
Post Production Supervisor
Leif Mohlin
Production Manager
Lene Nielsen
Unit Production Manager
Morten Arnfred
First Assistant Director
Kristoffer Nyholm
Second Unit Director