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Carl Theodor Dreyer

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Danish film director (1889-1968)

DirectorsLived 1889 to 1968 · aged 79
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Fame54.9
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Languages32
Peak2010s
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Carl Theodor Dreyer, commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director and screenwriter.

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Filmography 40

The Passion of Joan of Arc1928 · ★ 8.0
Ordet1955 · ★ 7.9
Vampyr1932 · ★ 7.3
Day of Wrath1943 · ★ 8.0
Gertrud1964 · ★ 7.2
Medea1989 · ★ 6.5
The Parson's Widow1920
Master of the House1925 · ★ 6.9
Michael1924 · ★ 6.3
Leaves from Satan's Book1920
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches1968
They Caught the Ferry1948
The President1919
Love One Another1922
The Bride of Glomdal1926
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier1995
Once Upon a Time1922
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer1965
Good Mothers1942
Two People1945
Thorvaldsen1949
Water from the Land1946
Storstrøm Bridge1950
Carl Th. Dreyer1966
A Castle Within a Castle1954
The Village Church1947
The Fight Against Cancer1947
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer1982
Dr. Cook at Copenhagen1909
Lay Down Your Arms!1914
The War Correspondents1913
The Mystery of the Crown Jewels1916
De gamle1947
Lydia1918
Balloneksplosionen1913
Money1915
The Rebuilding of Rønne and Nexø
Shakespeare og Kronborg1950
Nitrate Flames2015
Den mystiske selskabsdame1917

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1955Golden Lion

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Carl Theodor Dreyer, 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.

Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1889 to 1968 · aged 79
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