Carl Theodor Dreyer

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

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: February 03, 1889

Deathday: March 20, 1968

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Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud
Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud

1994-01-01

Dreyer's Gertrud
Dreyer's Gertrud

2022-07-17

Carl Th. Dreyer
Carl Th. Dreyer

1966-11-14

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

2020-10-14

Carl Dreyer
Carl Dreyer

2006-11-01

Nitrate Flames
Nitrate Flames

2015-12-10

Dr. Cooks Arrival
Dr. Cooks Arrival

Dr. Cook at Copenhagen
Dr. Cook at Copenhagen

1909-09-21

Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer

1965-04-08

The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer

1982-05-30

Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier

1995-12-28

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

2013-11-23

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

1970-03-27