They Caught the Ferry

(Carl Th. Dreyer, DK, 1948)

A film adaptation of the »myth« entitled They Caught the Ferry by the Danish author and Nobel Prize winner Johannes V. Jensen (1873-1950) on the theme of a hazardous motor-cycle ride which ends disastrously. The motor-cyclist Sophus and his girl Elvira race along madly to catch the ferry at Nyborg. They succeed in catching Charon's ferry across the River of Death.

Credits

Production company	Nordisk Films Kompagni for Dansk Kulturfilm og Ministeriernes Filmudvalg
Distributor	Statens Filmcentral/National Film Board of Denmark
Release date and place	12.5.1948 / Saga

Directed by

Carl Th. Dreyer

Director

Screenplay

Carl Th. Dreyer

Screenwriter

Produced by

Ib Koch-Olsen

Production Manager

Cinematography

Jørgen Roos

Director of Photography

Editing by

Jørgen Roos

Editor

Production Design

Erik Alslev

Drawings of skeletons on an automobile

Cast

Josef Koch	Sophus - Driver of the motorcycle
Kamma Koch	Elvira - Sophus's girlfriend and passenger
Ewald Rasmussen	Charon

Director
Carl Th. Dreyer

Release
1948

Country
Denmark

Other titles
De nåede færgen (DK - original title)
They Reached the Ferry (GB)
Ils n'ont pas pris le bac (FR)

Category
Short film

Running time
12 min.

Technical data
35 mm - 1,37:1 - b/w- sound