- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 3, 1889
- Place of Birth
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Died
- March 20, 1968
Carl Theodor Dreyer
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…
Filmography
movieDreyer's Gertrud
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieSex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieNitrate Flames
2015 · Himself (archive footage)
movieCarl Dreyer
2006 · Himself
movieCarl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
1995 · Himself
Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud
movieCarl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud
1994
movieMedea
1989 · Screenplay
movieThe Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
1982
movieSophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
1972 · In Memory Of
movieA Life's Work – Carl Th. Dreyer's Jesus Film
1970 · Self (archive footage)
movieDiaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968 · Self
movieCarl Th. Dreyer
1966 · Self
movieCinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
1965 · Self
movieGertrud
1964 · Director, Writer
movieOrdet
1955 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieA Castle Within a Castle
1954 · Director, Writer
movieStorstrøm Bridge
1950 · Director, Writer
movieShakespeare og Kronborg
1950 · Writer
movieThorvaldsen
1949 · Director, Screenplay
movieThey Caught the Ferry
1948 · Director, Writer
movieThe Village Church
1947 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieThe Fight Against Cancer
1947 · Director, Writer
De gamle
movieDe gamle
1947 · Writer
Water from the Land
movieWater from the Land
1946 · Director, Writer
movieTwo People
1945 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieDay of Wrath
1943 · Screenplay, Producer, Director
Good Mothers
movieGood Mothers
1942 · Director, Writer
movieVampyr
1932 · Director, Producer, Screenplay
movieThe Passion of Joan of Arc
1928 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Title Graphics
movieThe Bride of Glomdal
1926 · Director, Writer
movieMaster of the House
1925 · Director, Writer, Editor, Art Direction, Set Decoration
movieMichael
1924 · Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
movieOnce Upon a Time
1922 · Director, Writer
movieLove One Another
1922 · Director, Writer
movieLeaves from Satan's Book
1920 · Director, Writer
movieThe Parson's Widow
1920 · Director, Adaptation, Screenplay
The Countess' Honour
movieThe Countess' Honour
1919 · Writer
movieThe President
1919 · Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
movieLydia
1918 · Writer
movieHotel Paradis
1917 · Screenplay
movieDen mystiske selskabsdame
1917 · Screenplay
movieThe Mystery of the Crown Jewels
1916 · Writer
movieThe Spider's Prey
1916 · Writer
Money
movieMoney
1915 · Writer
movieLay Down Your Arms!
1914 · Writer
The War Correspondents
movieThe War Correspondents
1913 · Writer
Balloneksplosionen
movieBalloneksplosionen
1913 · Writer
Dr. Cook at Copenhagen
movieDr. Cook at Copenhagen
1909
Dr. Cooks Arrival
movieDr. Cooks Arrival
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movieThe Rebuilding of Rønne and Nexø
— · Screenplay