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Carl Th. Dreyer
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.
Dansk kulturfilm
When Dreyer made his first short film for Dansk Kulturfilm, he had been on involuntary hiatus from filmmaking for more than 10 years. From 1942 to 1949 he directed eight shorts and was in involved…
Palladium
Dreyer made four of his seven Danish features for Palladium. The company produced Dreyer’s Master of the House in 1925, and, years later, his last three features, "Day of Wrath" (1943), "The Word" …
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
The aviator
Dreyer in his youth was a real daredevil. Obsessed with technology and speed, he was among the first people to fly as a passenger in an aeroplane, when, in June 1910, he made several turns at a…
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
ReleasesReleased 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.