Carl Theodor Dreyer was born the
illegitimate son of a Danish farmer father and a Swedish mother; when he was a
young boy his mother died and he was adopted by a Danish family named Dreyer.
He embarked upon several careers before becoming a journalist in 1909. In this
position, he wrote a series of articles profiling Danish celebrities which put
Dreyer in touch with the world of film and theater. In the tradition of other
Scandinavian directors, he began his film career by writing scripts; he joined
the Danish state studio, Nordisk Films, in 1913 and became a full time
screenwriter two years later, scouting for and adapting literary material,
writing intertitles and editing film.
Gertrud
Produced by : Jørgen Nielsen
Screenplay by : Carl Theodor Dreyer, Grethe Risbjerg
Thomsen (poems)
Cinematography : Henning Bendtsen
Edited by : Edith Schlüssel
Production company : Palladium
Distributed by : Film-Centralen-Palladium
Release date : 19 December 1964
Running time : 116 minutes
Country : Denmark
Language : Danish
Ordet
Produced by : Carl Theodor Dreyer
Screenplay by : Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cinematography : Henning Bendtsen
Edited by : Edith Schlüssel
Production company
: A/S Palladium
Distributed by : Kaj Munk & Carl Theodor Dreyer
A/S
Release date : 10 January 1955
Running time : 126 minutes
Country : Denmark
Language : Danish
Produced by : Carl Theodor Dreyer
Screenplay by : Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cinematography : Preben Frank, Erik Ole Olsen
Edited by : Edith Schlüssel
Production company
: Dansk Kulturfilm
Release date : 1946
Running time : 14 minutes
Country : Denmark
Language : Danish
