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Director
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Defining Films
Profile
Carl Theodor Dreyer (Danish: [ˈkʰɑˀl ˈtsʰe̝ːotɒ ˈtʁɑjˀɐ]; 3 February 1889 – 20 March 1968), commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers in history, his movies are noted for emotional austerity and slow, stately pacing, frequent themes of social intolerance, the inseparability of fate and death, and the power of evil in earthly life.
Filmography (28)
The Passion of Joan of Arc
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Gertrud
Vampyr
Something about the North
Something about the North
The Rebuilding of Rønne and Nexø
A Castle Within a Castle
Ordet
Storstrøm Bridge
Shakespeare and Kronborg
Shakespeare and Kronborg
Thorsvaldsen
Thorsvaldsen
Radio’s Childhood
Radio’s Childhood
They Caught the Ferry
The Fight Against Cancer
Country Church
The Seventh Age/De Gamle
The Seventh Age/De Gamle
Water from the Land
Water from the Land
Two People
Day of Wrath
Good Mothers
The Bride of Glomdal
Master of the House (Thou Shalt Honor Thy Wife)
Mikaël
Love One Another
Once Upon a Time
The Parson’s Widow
Leaves from Satan’s Book
The President