Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 03, 1889
Died
Mar 20, 1968
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Credits
50 titles
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
Known For
Filmography
Dreyer's Gertrud
Self (archive footage)
Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Nitrate Flames
Himself (archive footage)
Carl Dreyer
Himself
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
Himself
Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud
Medea
Screenplay
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
In Memory Of
A Life's Work – Carl Th. Dreyer's Jesus Film
Self (archive footage)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Self
Carl Th. Dreyer
Self
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
Self
Gertrud
Director
Ordet
Director
A Castle Within a Castle
Director
Storstrøm Bridge
Director
Shakespeare og Kronborg
Writer
Thorvaldsen
Director
They Caught the Ferry
Director
The Village Church
Director
The Fight Against Cancer
Director
De gamle
Writer
Water from the Land
Director
Two People
Director
Day of Wrath
Screenplay
Good Mothers
Director
Vampyr
Director
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Director
The Bride of Glomdal
Director
Master of the House
Director
Michael
Director
Once Upon a Time
Director
Love One Another
Director
Leaves from Satan's Book
Director
The Parson's Widow
Director
The Countess' Honour
Writer
The President
Director
Lydia
Writer
Hotel Paradis
Screenplay
Den mystiske selskabsdame
Screenplay
The Mystery of the Crown Jewels
Writer
The Spider's Prey
Writer
Money
Writer
Lay Down Your Arms!
Writer
The War Correspondents
Writer
Balloneksplosionen
Writer
Dr. Cook at Copenhagen
Dr. Cooks Arrival
The Rebuilding of Rønne and Nexø
Screenplay