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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 father of three boys -- cuts .. Read more

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

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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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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19
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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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  - Linda Yuen
  - Scotland
  - 03 Jun 2006 at 01:22
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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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  - 31 Aug 2011 at 11:55
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  One worth sticking with
  
  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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- - gothic
  - 71 reviews
  - Craigavon
  - 17 Jun 2011 at 09:15
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  Not for everybody
  
  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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  - Warden
  - 15 reviews
  - York, England
  - 14 Feb 2010 at 00:46
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  very slow, but brilliant, moving ending is worth it
  
  It's strange to think there aren't more films exploring spirituality like this and I didn't realise it was such until later in the film. I haven'... read more »
  
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- - sherriffflood
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  - 23 Dec 2009 at 22:26
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  Not easy, but keep with it if you are Danish
  
  Credit: after initial concerns that I was about to watch a too creaky affair, the plot started to draw one in, and the acting was compelling enough to forget ... read more »
  
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- - angdavies
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  - Bruton
  - 05 Sep 2009 at 01:23
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  Ordet
  
  Stick with it , this film slowly takes hold of the senses and culminates in almost unbearable emotion.
  
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  - Malvern Wells
  - 20 Jun 2009 at 13:04
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  ordet
  
  very old and hard to understand
  
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  - Hastings
  - 19 Nov 2008 at 12:34
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  GOOD FOR FILM STUDENTS
  
  From; SILVER HARP Edinburgh
  
  Ordet (The Word)
  
  (Carl Theodore Dreyer 1954 Denmark)
  
  “It’s too slow, maybe I should ... read more »
  
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  - SILVERHARP
  - 79 reviews
  - Edinburgh, Scotland.
  - 09 Oct 2008 at 12:43
- - 3
  - 1
  Sometimes, I despair.
  
  A great director going a bit doolally, for what my humble opinion is worth.
  
  Incredible photography mind,
  
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- - Robert Dawson
  - Cardiff,Wales.
  - 07 Apr 2008 at 20:23
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  Powerful and moving
  
  The words bleak and austere come to mind when trying to sum up this magical piece of cinema. It unfolds at an almost dreamlike pace. Set in a remote northern ... read more »
  
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- - Projectionista
  - 34 reviews
  - Etchingham
  - 03 Mar 2008 at 12:33
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- - 19
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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 »
  
  Report this review
- 251035
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Linda Yuen
  - Scotland
  - 03 Jun 2006 at 01:22
- - 7
  - 0
  The power of faith
  
  This is a complex film which, among other things, examines the power of faith to bring about miricles. It also places under the microscope the way religious ... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
  - 552 reviews
  - London
  - 23 Jun 2007 at 11:21
- - 5
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  A Refreshing Change!
  
  There are not so many films with an overtly spiritual theme. Although this is an old black-and-white film with subtitles it does engage the mind. Clearly, ... read more »
  
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  - Powys, Wales.
  - 15 Mar 2007 at 19:00
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  a beautiful film
  
  Inventive camerawork, brilliant acting and a largely enaging script really carried this film for me but i felt slightly let down at the end. for me it didn'... read more »
  
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- - thesoviet
  - 6 reviews
  - Leeds, England
  - 25 Jan 2008 at 15:53
- - 6
  - 5
  conflict on the essence of faith
  
  superbly photgraphed with lateral camera movement making up for the essentially staginess of the production with superb acting all the way through, I think the... read more »
  
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- - itstinks
  - 573 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 09 Jan 2007 at 11:30
- - 3
  - 1
  Sometimes, I despair.
  
  A great director going a bit doolally, for what my humble opinion is worth.
  
  Incredible photography mind,
  
  Report this review
- 550457
- - Robert Dawson
  - Cardiff,Wales.
  - 07 Apr 2008 at 20:23
- - 2
  - 0
  very slow, but brilliant, moving ending is worth it
  
  It's strange to think there aren't more films exploring spirituality like this and I didn't realise it was such until later in the film. I haven'... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 842174
- - sherriffflood
  - 45 reviews
  - Reading
  - 23 Dec 2009 at 22:26
- - 1
  - 0
  Powerful and moving
  
  The words bleak and austere come to mind when trying to sum up this magical piece of cinema. It unfolds at an almost dreamlike pace. Set in a remote northern ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 534117
- - Projectionista
  - 34 reviews
  - Etchingham
  - 03 Mar 2008 at 12:33
- - 1
  - 0
  GOOD FOR FILM STUDENTS
  
  From; SILVER HARP Edinburgh
  
  Ordet (The Word)
  
  (Carl Theodore Dreyer 1954 Denmark)
  
  “It’s too slow, maybe I should ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 641354
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - SILVERHARP
  - 79 reviews
  - Edinburgh, Scotland.
  - 09 Oct 2008 at 12:43
- - 1
  - 0
  ordet
  
  very old and hard to understand
  
  Report this review
- 661231
- - a customer
  - Hastings
  - 19 Nov 2008 at 12:34

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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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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19

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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 ...