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Carl Th. Dreyer
Dreyer as news reporter
(Nordisk Films Kompagni, DK, 1909)
About Dreyer: Lerdorff Rye
(Torben Skjødt Jensen, DK, 1995)
About Dreyer: Movin
About 'They Caught the Ferry'
The story of Dreyer’s tuxedo
01. sep 2023. One of the more remarkable prized items in the collections of the Danish Film Institute is Carl Th. Dreyer’s tuxedo from 1926. The tuxedo has been shown off at major events and in the epilogue of a…
Professions
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).
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.
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
Bibliography / Michael
Maler und Modell: der verschwiegene Diskurs in Carl Theodor Dreyers ”Michael” / Knut Hickethier. In: Genie und Leidenschaft: Künstlerleben im Film / hrsg.
Hermann Warm and the models for Jeanne D' Arc
11. feb 2010. Dating back to Dreyer’s debut film The President, it’s obvious how much importance the director gave to the sets and how meticulous he was about design, tone and style.