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The sets for 'Jeanne D' Arc'

In the years around 1990, art historian Britta Martensen-Larsen organised an exhibition about La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc. It was presented on several occasions in Paris, and later at the Nikolaj…

Plot summary / Once upon a time

Once Upon a Time is based on a popular Danish nationalistic play from 1887, with a storyline that blends Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Swineherd with Shakespeare's

Bibliography / Leaves from Satan's Book

Apprentissage (Pages arrachées au livre du satan) / Olivier Curchod. In: Positif, no. 348, 1990, s. 69-70.

Based on / Vampyr

SHERIDAN LE FANU: 'IN A GLASS DARKLY'. For his horror film, Vampire, Dreyer was inspired by a collection of short stories by the Irish writer Le Fanu, though he also cast a glance at Bram Stoker’s…

Reception / Vampyr

In Berlin, where it had its world premiere, the film got a mixed reception.

Bibliography / Day of Wrath

Dies irae. In: L’Avant-Scène Cinéma, no. 100, 1970, s. 7-43.

Plot / Two people

Dr. Arne Lundell, a brilliant young assistant in a mental hospital, is accused of plagiarising his thesis from a work published simultaneously by his superior, Professor Zander.

Plot / Day of Wrath

Anne is a quiet, fearful young woman married to a much older pastor, Absalon, whose mother does not consider Anne worthy of her son and takes every opportunity to humiliate her.

Jan Olsson: Two people

With kind permission from Professor Jan Olsson and publisher Yoram Allon / Wallflower Press, the Dreyer website is able to present Olsson’s elaborate article on 'Two People', published in 'The…

Bibliography / Two People

Carl Th. Dreyers ”Två människor”: en källkritisk dokumentation av bakgrund och polemik / Jan Olsson.

Background / Good Mothers

In 1940, Ebbe Neergaard published En Filminstruktørs Arbejde ("A Film Director’s Work"), the first ever Dreyer biography.

Bibliography / Good Mothers

L’aide aux mères. In: L’Avant-Scène Cinéma, no. 335, 1984, s. 71-79.