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Shoot / Two People

Scheduled for 35 days (cf. the signed contract), the shoot took place at the Kungsholm studios in Stockholm from 5 July to 23 August 1944.

Background / Water from the Land

The first short film Dreyer began work on after the war was a film about ‘tiny animals’ swimming around in farmers’ wells without the farmers’ knowledge.

An Unrealised Lifelong Dream - Dreyer's Jesus Film

Carl Th. Dreyer’s "Jesus film" may well be the most widely discussed never-made film in film history. From a close reading of Dreyer’s screenplay, theologian Jes Nysten offers an in-depth look at…

... But am I loved?

Carl Dreyer’s film 'Gertrud' created an uproar, stirred emotions and loosened pens when it opened in 1964. The reviews were scathing, slamming both the film’s style and its content, a woman pursuing…

Plot Summary / The President

An eminent judge is brought face to face with a youthful peccadillo when he recognises as none other than his illegitimate daughter a young woman accused of murdering her illegitimate child, fruit

Transcription of letters / The President

From scholar Stephen Larson, North Carolina State University, we have received transcriptions of all the characters' letters that are displayed on intertitles in The President. His purpose is to…

Kristofer Janson: Prestekonen

Kristofer Janson was one of the most popular Norwegian writers of his day. Several of his novels were adapted into Norwegian films in the 1920s. While Dreyer likely fell for the humour in Janson’s…

Dvd / The Parson's Widow

Releases

Released by Image Entertainment, 2004.Buy the DVD at Amazon.com

Reception / Once Upon a Time

According to Martin Drouzy (in Carl Th. Dreyer – født Nilsson, 1982), Once Upon a Time was shown 32 times at Palads and got mixed reviews.

Based on / Michael

HERMAN BANG: 'MIKAËL'. The story of an older artist’s unrequited love for a young bisexual student is close to Herman Bang’s own life story. Though Dreyer would have preferred to adapt Bang’s novel…

Reception / Michael

Michael premiered in Germany on 26 September 1924 and was enthusiastically received: "Eine meisterhafte Filmleistung im Bildchen und in der Darstellung" (Nachtausgabe).

Bibliography / Michael

Maler und Modell: der verschwiegene Diskurs in Carl Theodor Dreyers ”Michael” / Knut Hickethier. In: Genie und Leidenschaft: Künstlerleben im Film / hrsg.