Carl Theodor Dreyer Movies

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...

The power of Satan is highlighted in four historical tales: the betrayal and subsequent arrest of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French...

Documentary short film about the work of Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), one of the most famous Danish sculptors, who spent a good part of his life...

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

“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...

A documentary portrait of Denmark’s village churches, examining their ancient architecture and enduring place in Danish cultural and religious...

A documentary portrait of Carl Th. Dreyer, filmed shortly after the Paris premiere of "Gertrud." Through Dreyer’s own reflections on his films,...

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...

A newly elected village parson is required to marry his predecessor's widow. However, he's already married, and the woman is old enough to be his...

I made this little film portrait of Dreyer on the 17th of September 1965, in New York. He said he was very interested in what I was trying to do in...

A man and a woman on a motorcycle arrive with a ferry to Assens. They want to catch the next ferry in Nyborg, on the other side of the island, but...

Documentary exploring the thirty-seven years of preparatory work that director Carl Th. Dreyer did for "Jesus of Nazareth" – a film that was...

A young bank clerk Karl Fribert falls hopelessly in love with the celebrated operetta primadonna Lydia, and faithfully and chivalrously puts his...

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....

In the first days after the Liberation in May 1945, two Danish towns, Rønne and Nexø, were bombed by Russian planes, when the German...

A wordless ode to the Storstrom bridge.

Documentary about Carl Theodor Dreyer and his film Gertrud.