Carl Theodor Dreyer

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Carl Theodor Dreyer - what members say

The Passion of Joan of Arc review by from London

A masterpiece. Unique and unbearably moving. 26 May 2005
...d do justice to the extraordinary range of emotions the film contains? Instead, Carl Theodor Dreyer tells the story of Joan?s trial and martyrdom almost exclusively through the en... Read customer review

Gertrud on DVD (1964)
Starring: Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe, Ebbe Rode
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
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In the elegant world of artists and musicians, Gertrud ends her marriage to Gustav and takes a lover, the composer Erland Jansson. When he also fails to live up to her idealistic standards, she leaves him and imposes on herself an exile of the heart.

69% from 276 members

Ordet on DVD (1954)
Starring: Caj Kristiansen, Ove Rud, Preben Lerdoff Rye
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
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With his masterful Ordet (aka The Word, [1955]), legendary Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer examines the conflict between internalized personal faith and organized religion. Dreyer sets the drama in a conservative, super-pious Danish town, where widower Morten Borgen (Henrik Malberg) -- the ..read more »

77% from 692 members

Day Of Wrath on DVD (1943)
Starring: Kirsten Andreasen, Sigurd Berg, Albert Hoeberg
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
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The events in a nineteenth century Danish community which sees an accusation of witchcraft levelled against the wife of a Cathedral Notary. Danish dialogue.

75% from 629 members

Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey on DVD (1932)
Starring: Julian West, Sybille Schmitz, Henriette Gerard
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
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Young traveller David Gray arrives in a remote castle and starts seeing weird, inexplicable sights (a man whose shadow has a life of its own, a mysterious scythe-bearing figure tolling a bell, a terrifying dream of his own burial). Things come to a head when one of the daughters of the lord of the ..read more »

66% from 796 members

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Starring: Maria Falconetti, Eugene Silvain, Andre Berley
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
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The sufferings of the martyr, Jeanne D'Arc (1412-1431) during her imprisonment.

83% from 181 members
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Master Of The House on DVD (1925)
Starring: Johannes Meyer, Astrid Holm, Karin Nellemose
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
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The failure of his business prompts a man to become a household tyrant. After having driven his wife away to stay with relatives his elderly nanny takes control. Only then does he come to appreciate the value of his wife.

66% from 117 members

Michael (2 discs) on DVD (1924)
Starring: Walter Slezak, Max Auzinger
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
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A drama based on the 1902 novel written by Herman Bang. An elderly artist becomes obsessed with his model, Michael.

60% from 259 members

Gertrud - 3.5 stars
Ordet - 4.0 stars
Day Of Wrath - 4.0 stars
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey - 3.5 stars
The Passion of Joan of Arc - 4.0 stars

The Passion of Joan of Arc - 4.0 stars
Ordet - 4.0 stars
Day Of Wrath - 4.0 stars
Gertrud - 3.5 stars
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey - 3.5 stars

Michael - 3.0 stars
Master Of The House - 3.5 stars
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey - 3.5 stars
Gertrud - 3.5 stars
Day Of Wrath - 4.0 stars

Maurice Schutz - 2 times - show films
Max Auzinger - 1 times - show films
Mathilde Nielsen - 1 times - show films
Ebbe Rode - 1 times - show films
Johannes Meyer - 1 times - show films