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
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 03, 1889
Deathday: March 20, 1968
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1994-01-01
Overview: Documentary about Carl Theodor Dreyer and his film Gertrud.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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2022-07-17
Overview: Documentary about the making and reception of Carl Th. Dreyer's final movie, "Gertrud."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2022-07-17
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1966-11-14
Overview: A documentary about the famous Danish film director Carl Th. Dreyer, made a few years before he died. In this film Dreyer tells about the style in his feature films and about the important things in film making: the script and the casting. He tells about his theories about setting and acting.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1966-11-14
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2020-10-14
Overview: Documentary on the rise and fall of the Danish silent film industry.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2020-10-14
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2006-11-01
Overview: I made this little film portrait of Dreyer on the 17th of September 1965, in New York. He said he was very interested in what I was trying to do in the possibilities of film portraiture. - Jonas Mekas
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-01
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2015-12-10
Overview: French actress Maria Falconetti (1892-1946) traveled a winding road from her glory days in luminous Paris, in the 1920s, to her last days in Buenos Aires, in the late 1940s. In her strange journey through life, she found a very special character, the center of a tragic story and the obsession of a peculiar filmmaker: a unique opportunity, a sublime performance, so remarkable that nothing would ever be the same for her again…
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2015-12-10
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Overview: On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) arrived in Copenhagen on the ship ‘Hans Egede’. He received a hero’s welcome as the first man to set foot on the North Pole. He was greeted by the king, and given an honorary doctorate at the University of Copenhagen. Only a few days later, however, his endeavor was questioned, and in December the University rejected Cook’s documentation. Carl Th. Dreyer is seen as one of the journalists taking notes.
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Original Language: da
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1909-09-21
Overview: On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) arrived in Copenhagen on the ship 'Hans Egede'. He received a hero's welcome as the first man to set foot on the North Pole. He was greeted by the king, and given an honorary doctorate at the University of Copenhagen. Only a few days later, however, his endeavour was questioned, and in December the University rejected Cook's documentation. Carl Th. Dreyer is seen as one of the journalists taking notes. (DFI)
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1909-09-21
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1965-04-08
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Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-04-08
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1982-05-30
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-30
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1995-12-28
Overview: Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors. Visually rich and densely layered, Carl Th. Dreyer—My Metier illuminates an artist too little understood and too important to overlook. Through interviews, historical writings, and rare archival footage, a portrait of Dreyer emerges: an austere perfectionist, yes, but also a passionate man possessing a genuine sense of humor.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1995-12-28
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2013-11-23
Overview: An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-11-23
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1970-03-27
Overview: Documentary exploring the thirty-seven years of preparatory work that director Carl Th. Dreyer did for "Jesus of Nazareth" – a film that was never produced.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 1970-03-27
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