The Perfect Human

Directed by / Jørgen Leth

Starring / Claus Nissen

                  Majken Algren Nielsen

                  Jørgen Leth (voice)

Release date(s) / 1967

Country / Denmark

Language / Danish

1967 short film by Jørgen Leth lasting 12 minutes. It depicts a man and a woman, both labelled ‘the perfect human’, in a detached manner, as though they were subjects in a zoo.The film was later seen in five different versions when Leth was challenged by filmmaker Lars von Trier which was compiled in The Five Obstructions.