Carl Theodor Dreyer Movies

A wordless ode to the Storstrom bridge.

A documentary about the famous Danish film director Carl Th. Dreyer, made a few years before he died. In this film Dreyer tells about the style in...

“I think my film represents above all the proof to those who want to understand and accept it, that poetry can’t be filmed, that it is...

Documentary on the rise and fall of the Danish silent film industry.

The castle of Krogen, built c. 1420, is inside the later castle of Kronborg. Reconstruction of Kronborg gave a chance to study early castles. Models...

Thriller told only through extreme close up shots.

Documentary about Carl Theodor Dreyer and his film Gertrud.

Martha, a war widow, finds a new zest for life when she meets the noble Captain von Tilling. They marry, but before long he, too, is called to war....

The Mothers' Aid is a state-funded institution with branches all over Denmark. Erna, a young pregnant woman, has asked a doctor to carry out an...

Following some dodgy dealings, stockbroker Saccard is determined to pull himself out of the gutter and regain is reputation. He is of such ill repute...

Sharply critical film about rural water pollution in the Jutland countryside district of medical officer Jens Jensen. Situations of everyday water...

The film shows Kronborg as it must have looked to Shakespeare when he visited the castle, if indeed he did, three centuries ago. The filmmakers run...

Documentary about the making and reception of Carl Th. Dreyer's final movie, "Gertrud."

Short film by Carl Th. Dreyer

On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) arrived in Copenhagen on the ship ‘Hans Egede’. He received a hero’s welcome as...

French actress Maria Falconetti (1892-1946) traveled a winding road from her glory days in luminous Paris, in the 1920s, to her last days in Buenos...