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Evelyn the Beautiful

(A.W. Sandberg, DK, 1916)

Medea

A fleshed-out draft screenplay based on Euripides’ tragedy 'Medea' has been preserved. Dreyer did not want to do a slavish adaptation. Rather, he was looking to recreate the real events behind the…

The Temptation of Mrs. Chestney

(Holger-Madsen, DK, 1916)

Won by Waiting

(Sofus Wolder, DK, 1913)

Preben Frank

Preben Frank was director of photography and production manager on "Water from the Land" (1946 – never released), "The Danish Village Church" (1947), "The Fight against Cancer" (1947), "Thorvaldsen…

Johannes Meyer

Johannes Meyer acted in three Dreyer films, playing Don Fernandez, Isabella’s teacher, in Leaves from Satan’s Book (1921); Rylowitsch in Love On Another (1922); and the leading role of Victor…

Mogens Skot-Hansen

Mogens Skot-Hansen was production manager of "Good Mothers" (1942), co-writer of "Day of Wrath" (1943) and producer of "Water from the Land" (1946, unreleased).

Nina Pens Rode

Nina Pens Rode plays the all-important title role in "Gertrud" (1964).

Anna Svierkier

Anna Svierkier plays the old woman Herlufs Marte in "Day of Wrath" (1943).

The Dagmar Cinema

On April 14, 1952, Carl Th. Dreyer took over as manager of the Dagmar cinema in central Copenhagen, one of Denmark’s most important and prestigious first-run cinemas. The cinema had opened on 15…

The Cinema Manager

In 1952, when Carl Th. Dreyer took over from Hilmar Clausen as manager of the Dagmar Teateret cinema on Jernbanegade, Copenhagen, he also got his chief assistant, Mrs Inga Jørgensen. They worked…

AB Svensk Filmindustri

Dreyer made two Swedish films 23 years apart, both for AB Svensk Filmindustri. The first production, in 1920, went smoothly. The second production, in 1943, was fraught with problems and…