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1954

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Starring	Caj Kristiansen, Ove Rud, Preben Lerdoff Rye, Ejner Federspiel
Director	Carl Theodor Dreyer
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

Ordet

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 father of three boys -- cuts against the grain of the community with his constant heretical doubt. One of his sons, Mikkel Borgen (Emil Hass Christensen), is entangled in an interfaith romance with a fundamentalist's daughter, while the second, Anders Borgen (Cay Kristiansen), is an agnostic, and the third, Johannes Borgen (Preben Leerdorff-Rye) -- a devotee of Søren Kirkegaard -- believes that he actually is Jesus Christ -- a conviction ridiculed by almost everyone as pure insanity. Also known as The Word, Ordet was the only film that Dreyer made in the 1950s. The author of the play on which the film was based (and which was previously filmed in 1943) was Kaj Munk, a Danish pastor murdered by the Nazis for daring to announce his fidelity to Christ over Hitler.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Starring	Caj Kristiansen, Ove Rud, Preben Lerdoff Rye, Ejner Federspiel, Susanne Rud, Henrik Malberg, Gerda Nielsen, Henry Skjaer, Emil Hass Christensen, Ann Elisabeth Rud, Birgitte Federspiel
Director	Carl Theodor Dreyer
Studio	BFI VIDEO
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 52 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, World Cinema
Language	DVD: Danish
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1954 To Rent: DVD: 13 Mar 2006

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- Dreyer's penultimate feature (Gertrud followed a full decade later) is another of his explorations of the clash between... read more on Time Out
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  Quality Danish film
  
  An exceptionally beautiful film, both visually and story wise. The genuine, gripping performance of the old father shines in Ordet. In short, this is a story ... read more »
  
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  The power of faith
  
  Ordet is based on a play of the same name by the Danish priest/playwright Kaj Munk. It takes place in a farming district where there is a deep religious divide... read more »
  
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  I'm not a religous person but I do find this topic and how others see and portray it interesting. That probably gave me the impetus to stick with this film ... read more »
  
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  There is no question that an understanding of the divisions within protestant Christianity will help considerably in appreciating this film, and for the ... read more »
  
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Doing the Cannes Cannes One of the tactics the locals use to get into screenings over here is turning up in a tuxedo in the 30° heat with the name of the film scribbled on the back of a piece of cardboard and a mournful look in their eye. It's basically the exact opposite to the ticket touts you get in London. It would also make you look a little low-brow if you had decided you felt like wandering around the place in Bermuda shorts and a Leeds replica kit t-shirt . Talking of low-brow, you'd... Read more
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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 ...