Carl Theodor Dreyer
b. February 3, 1889, Copenhagen, Denmark.
d. March 20, 1968, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dreyer expressed his reluctant use of a conventional representation of Jesus in lieu of his own artistic ideas of depicting a "large and realistic" Christ figure as a rebuttal to criticism from Kristeligt Dagblad, a weekly publication that reflected the opinions of the Danish State Church, which had objected to his use of an actor to portray Jesus.
Filmography
Features directed by Dreyer:
The President (Præsidenten) (1918)
Leaves from Satan's Book (Blade af Satans Bog) (1919)
The Parson's Widow (Præsteenken) (1921)
Love One Another (Elsker Hverandre) (1922)
Once Upon a Time (Der Var Engang) (1922)
Mikaël (1924)
Master of the House (Thou Shalt Honor Thy Wife) (Du Skal Ære Din Hustru) (1925)
The Bride of Glomdal (Glomsdalbruden) (1925)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne D'Arc) (1927)
Day of Wrath
Vampyr (1931)
Day of Wrath (Vredens Dag) (1943)
Two People (Två Människor) (1944)
Ordet (The Word) (1954)
Gertrud (1964)
Shorts:
Good Mothers (Mødrehjælpen) (1942)
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Water from the Land (Vandet Paa Landet) (1946)
Country Church (Landsbykirken) (1947)
The Fight Against Cancer (Kampen Mod Kræften) (1947)
They Caught the Ferry (De Naaede Færgen) (1948)
Thorsvaldsen (1949)
Storstrøm Bridge (Storstrømsbroen) (1950)
A Castle Within a Castle (Et Slot I Et Slot) (1954)
http://www.carldreyer.com/" target="_blank">carldreyer.com
A dedicated site containing news, resources, links and more.
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Acquarello's
Strictly Film School page with essays on The Parson's Widow, Master
of the House, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Day of Wrath,
Ordet and Gertrud.
Between
the Sky and the Earth
Excerpts
from an interview by Michael Delhaye on Dreyer's approach to editing.
Carl
Dreyer
Gary
Morris reviews the video release of Day of Wrath, Ordet
and Gertrud at the Bright Lights film journal.
Dreyer
Film Series
The
1999 Dreyer retrospective at Film Forum in New York City.
The
Spiritual Cinema of Carl Theodor Dreyer
Review
of the Criterion DVD box-set.
Chiaroscuro
Retrospective: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Overview
of the Criterion DVD releases by Doug Cummings.
EuroScreenwriters
& EuroFilm
Biography
on Dreyer with some nice pictures.
Antonin
Artaud & Carl Dreyer
Essay
by Brother Low-Rez.
DVD
Savant Review
Review,
synopses and evaluation of the DVD box-set.
Carl
Theodor Dreyer
Short
profile in Italian.
Carl
Theodor Dreyer
Spanish-language
page.
Carl
Theodor Dreyer
Annotations
on Dreyer films screened at the Pacific Cinémathèque in
Vancouver.
Denmark
- Culture - Cinema
Brief
introduction to Dreyer on Denmark's Ministry of Foreign Affairs site.
The
Passion of Joan of Arc
Essay
by André Bazin.
The
Passion of Joan of Arc
Criterion
page on the DVD release also features an essay by Dreyer entitled "Realised
Mysticism".
The
Passion of Joan of Arc
DVD
review by Gary Morris.
The
Passion of Joan of Arc
The
lowdown on the original version of this film.
Long
Pauses: Day of Wrath
Insightful
impressions by Darren Hughes on the Long Pauses website.
Film
Analyses: Day of Wrath
David
Bordwell's analysis from the book Film Art.
Day
of Wrath
Criterion
page on the DVD release also features an essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Gertrud
Criterion
page on the DVD release also features an essay by Phillip Lopate.
My
Métier
Criterion's
informative page on Torben Skjødt Jensen's 1995 documentary. Also
featured are essays by Dreyer and Ulrich Breuning.
