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Carl Th. Dreyer
About Dreyer: Federspiel
(Torben Skjødt Jensen, DK, 1995)
About 'The Word'
Ann Elisabeth Groth
Ann Elisabeth Groth played the part as Maren in Carl Th. Dreyer's 'The Word' (1955).
When grand ambitions meet the harsh realities of filmmaking
07. apr 2021. The conflict between artistic ambitions and economic realities runs through the history of cinema. A famous and often cited example of this ongoing conflict took place 100 years ago in the…
Dreyer's Gertrud
(Daniel Bødker Sørensen, DK, 2022)
Dreyer’s various professions
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.
Based on / Once Upon a Time
Holger Drachmann: Once Upon a Time What exactly did Dreyer see in Drachmann’s national-romantic, lightweight fairy play? Several possible theories have been proposed.
Reception / The Parson's Widow
The Parson's Widow got a rather mixed reception in the Danish papers.
Shoot / Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time was shot over the summer of 1922, while the actors were on holiday from the theatres.
Plot summary / The Parson's Widow
Based on a novella by the Norwegian writer Kristofer Janson (itself taken from an actual event of the early Seventeenth century), this enchanting film tells the story of a young parson who preaches