Carl Theodor Dreyer

ActorWriterCrewDirectorProducer Feb 3 (died age 79) Copenhagen, Denmark 1909–2022 (113 year career)

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Biography

Carl Theodor Dreyer (3 February 1889 – 20 March 1968), commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director. He is regarded by many critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors in cinema. His best known films include The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Vampyr (1932), Day of Wrath (1943), Ordet (1955), and Gertrud (1964). Dreyer was born illegitimate in Copenhagen, Denmark. His birth mother was an unmarried Scanian maid named Josefine Bernhardine Nilsson, and he was put up fo…

Known For

Film

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Director

Film

Ordet

Director

Film

Vampyr

Director

Film

Day of Wrath

Director

Film

Gertrud

Director

Film

Master of the House

Art Direction

Film

Medea

Screenplay

Film

The Parson's Widow

Adaptation

Filmography

Acting (13)

Movies (13)

Dreyer's Gertrud

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Nitrate Flames

2015

as Himself (archive footage)

9.0

Carl Dreyer

2006

as Himself

Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier

1995

as Himself

5.9

Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud

1994

The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer

1982

5.8

A Life's Work – Carl Th. Dreyer's Jesus Film

1970

as Self (archive footage)

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

as Self

Carl Th. Dreyer

as Self

Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer

1965

as Self

6.7

Dr. Cook at Copenhagen

1909

6.0

Dr. Cooks Arrival

Crew (70)

Movies (70)

Medea

1989

Screenplay

6.5

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

In Memory Of

Gertrud

Director

Gertrud

Writer

Ordet

Director

Ordet

Producer

Ordet

Screenplay

A Castle Within a Castle

1954

Director

5.2

A Castle Within a Castle

1954

Writer

5.2

Shakespeare og Kronborg

1950

Writer

Storstrøm Bridge

Director

Storstrøm Bridge

Writer

Thorvaldsen

Director

Thorvaldsen

Screenplay

They Caught the Ferry

1948

Director

6.8

They Caught the Ferry

Writer

The Village Church

Director

The Village Church

Producer

The Village Church

Screenplay

De gamle

Writer

The Fight Against Cancer

1947

Director

5.5

The Fight Against Cancer

Writer

Water from the Land

Director

Water from the Land

Writer

Two People

Director

Two People

Editor

Two People

Writer

Day of Wrath

Director

Day of Wrath

Producer

Day of Wrath

Screenplay

Good Mothers

Director

Good Mothers

Writer

Vampyr

Director

Vampyr

Producer

Vampyr

Screenplay

The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928

Director

8.0

The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928

Editor

8.0

The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928

Screenplay

8.0

The Passion of Joan of Arc

Title Graphics

The Bride of Glomdal

Director

Master of the House

Art Direction

Master of the House

Director

Master of the House

Editor

Master of the House

Set Decoration

Master of the House

Writer

Michael

Adaptation

Michael

Director

Michael

Screenplay

Once Upon a Time

Director

Love One Another

Director

Love One Another

Writer

The Parson's Widow

Adaptation

The Parson's Widow

Director

The Parson's Widow

Screenplay

Leaves from Satan's Book

1920

Director

6.1

Leaves from Satan's Book

Writer

The President

Art Direction

The President

Director

The President

Screenplay

The Countess' Honour

Writer

Lydia

1918

Writer

Den mystiske selskabsdame

1917

Screenplay

Hotel Paradis

1917

Screenplay

The Spider's Prey

1916

Writer

The Mystery of the Crown Jewels

1916

Writer

Money

1915

Writer

Lay Down Your Arms!

1914

Writer

3.5

Balloneksplosionen

1913

Writer

The War Correspondents

1913

Writer

The Rebuilding of Rønne and Nexø

Screenplay