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Carl Th. Dreyer
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.
Reception / Master of the House
Master of the House opened in Denmark on 5 October 1925 and got a positive reception. The premiere screening, critics reported, was followed by loud applause from the audience.
Bibliography / Master of the House
Du skal aere din hustru (Master of the house) / John Pym. In: Monthly Film Bulletin, vol. 44, no. 522, 1977, s. 155-156.
Awards / The Danish Village Church
Screened at The Second International Festival of Documentary Films in Edinburgh, 1948.Won Best Documentary at the film festival in Venice, 1948.
Shoot / Thorvaldsen
According to Preben Frank’s accounts, the film cost 27,550 kroner. Dreyer’s fee amounted to 1,500 kroner for writing plus 5,500 kroner for directing.
Bibliography / Radio's Childhood
Kortfilm som redningsplanke / Lars Bo Kimergaard. In: Visse tendenser i filmvidenskaben: festskrift til Martin Drouzy / redigeret af Anne Jerslev.
Bibliography / A Castle within a Castle
Shoot / The Word
The location scouting and casting was done in spring 1954.
Paul Auster about 'the word'
22. dec 2017. In his novel Invisible (2009) Paul Auster sends one of his characters to the cinema to watch Dreyer’s Ordet (The Word). He experiences the miracle at the end of the film as a transcendent moment that…
Reception / Gertrud
Gertrud was received in two rounds. The world premiere took place in Paris on 18 December 1964.