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Carl Th. Dreyer
The Skeleton Hand
(Alexander Christian, DK, 1915)
Clara Pontoppidan
Clara Pontoppidan appears in two films by Dreyer. She plays Siri, a telegraph operator’s wife, in the fourth episode of "Leaves from Satan’s Book" (1921), and the lead role as the princess of…
Renée Jeanne Falconetti
Falconetti appears in one Dreyer film, playing the title role in "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1928).
Preben Lerdorff Rye
Preben Lerdorff Rye plays Martin in "Day of Wrath" (1943) and Johannes in "The Word" (1955).
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" …
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…
Société Générale des Films
Dreyer made La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc for this company in Paris in 1927-28. Very little is known about Société Générale des Films, which financed two of the decade’s costliest productions – Abel…
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…
The story of Dreyer’s tuxedo
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…
Dreyer as magazine editor
During a clear-out of the DFI’s cellar, we found a box containing film magazines dating from 1923. It transpires that Carl Th. Dreyer worked as editor of 'Det Ny Magasin' (The New Magazine) -- a…
Based on / Leaves from Satan’s Book
The lavish Leaves from Satan’s Book is the only one of Dreyer’s films that is not adapted from a source of any kind. The film used to be regarded as an adaptation, but recent research has shown it…
Plot summary / Leaves from Satan's Book
In four episodes, we witness how Satan (Nissen), accursed by God, must walk the Earth and tempt men to do evil; he can only hope to be delivered from his curse if someone resists him, but few do.