Carl Theodor Dreyer
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 for adoption by his birth father, Jens Christian Torp, a married Danish farmer living in Sweden who was his mother's employer. He spent the first two years of his life in orphanages until his adoption by a typographer named Carl Theodor Dreyer, and his wife, Inger Marie (née Olsen). He was named after his adoptive father, but in accordance with Danish practice, there is no "Senior" or "Junior" added to their names to distinguish them from each other. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Movies (48)
Dreyer's Gertrud
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Nitrate Flames
as Himself (archive footage)
2015
Carl Dreyer
as Himself
2006
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
as Himself
1995
Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud
1994
Medea
Screenplay (Writing)
1989
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
1982
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
In Memory Of (Crew)
1972
A Life's Work – Carl Th. Dreyer's Jesus Film
as Self (archive footage)
1970
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
1968
Carl Th. Dreyer
as Self
1966
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
as Self
1965
Gertrud
Director (Directing)
1964
Ordet
Director (Directing)
1955
A Castle Within a Castle
Director (Directing)
1954
Storstrøm Bridge
Director (Directing)
1950
Shakespeare og Kronborg
Writer (Writing)
1950
Thorvaldsen
Director (Directing)
1949
They Caught the Ferry
Director (Directing)
1948
The Village Church
Director (Directing)
1947
The Fight Against Cancer
Director (Directing)
1947
De gamle
Writer (Writing)
1947
Water from the Land
Director (Directing)
1946
Two People
Director (Directing)
1945
Day of Wrath
Screenplay (Writing)
1943
Good Mothers
Director (Directing)
1942
Vampyr
Director (Directing)
1932
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Director (Directing)
1928
The Bride of Glomdal
Director (Directing)
1926
Master of the House
Director (Directing)
1925
Michael
Director (Directing)
1924
Once Upon a Time
Director (Directing)
1922
Love One Another
Director (Directing)
1922
Leaves from Satan's Book
Director (Directing)
1920
The Parson's Widow
Director (Directing)
1920
The Countess' Honour
Writer (Writing)
1919
The President
Director (Directing)
1919
Lydia
Writer (Writing)
1918
Hotel Paradis
Screenplay (Writing)
1917
Den mystiske selskabsdame
Screenplay (Writing)
1917
The Mystery of the Crown Jewels
Writer (Writing)
1916
The Spider's Prey
Writer (Writing)
1916
Money
Writer (Writing)
1915
Lay Down Your Arms!
Writer (Writing)
1914
Krigskorrespondenter
Writer (Writing)
1913
Balloneksplosionen
Writer (Writing)
1913
Dr. Cook at Copenhagen
1909