Carl Theodor Dreyer [videorecording] : special edition box set / Janus Films and Home Vision Cinema, Palladium Film and Steen Herdel & Co. A/S, Unni Straume Filmproduksjon A/S [presents] ; producers, Carl Th. Dreyer, Erik Nielsen, Tage Nielsen, Torben Skjødt Jensen ; screenplay writer, Carl Th. Dreyer ; director, Carl Th. Dreyer.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Publisher:
Home Vision Entertainment, Home Vision Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2001
Description:
4 videodiscs (432 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 22 p. booklet.
Day of wrath. Ordet. Gertrud. Carl Th. Dreyer, my metier.
Notes:
Originally produced as motion pictures in 1943 (Day of wrath), 1955 (Ordet), 1965 (Gertrud) and 1995 (Carl Th. Dreyer, my metier). Special features: new digital transfers of all the films, supervised by "Gertrud" cinematographer Henning Bendtsen; interviews with cast members from "Day of wrath", "Ordet", and "Gertrud"; archival footage of Dreyer during the production of "Gertrud"; interviews with Dreyer cinematographers Henning Bendtsen and Sørgen Roos; a 22 page booklet including a reprint of Dreyer's essay "Thoughts of My métier"; an extensive essay by Dreyer Scholar Edvin Kau; still galleries accompaning each film; "Gertrud" enhanced for 16x9 screens. Thorkild Roose (Day of wrath), Lisbeth Movin (Day of wrath), Henrik Malberg (Ordet), Emil Hass Christensen (Ordet), Nina Pens Rode (Gertrud), Bendt Rothe (Gertrud).
Contents:
Day of wrath (1943, 97 min.) -- Ordet (1955, 125 min.) -- Gertrud (1965, 116 min.) -- Carl Th. Dreyer, my metier (1995, 94 min.).
Summary:
Day of wrath: Anna, the young wife of a much older paster, falls in love with her stepson. Also stars, Sigrid Neiiendan ; director of photography, Karl Andersson. Based on the novel "Anne Pedersdotter" by Hans Wiers-Jenssens. Ordet: A farmers family is torn apart by faith, sanctity, and love. A challenge to simple facts and dogmatic orthodoxy. Also stars, Preben Lerdoff Rye, Cay Kristiansen ; director of photography, Henning Bendtsen, John Carlsen, Erik Wittrup Willumsen ; music, Poul Schierbeck. From the play by Kaj Munk. Gertrud: A woman leaves her unfulfilling marriage and embarks on a search for ideal love - but neither a passionate affair nor the return to an old romance can provide the answer she seeks. Also stars, Ebbe Rode, Baard Owe ; director of photography, Henning Bendtsen ; music, Jørgen Jersild ; costume designer, Berit Nykjær ; production designer, Kai Rasch. Adapted from a play by Hjalmar Söderberg. Carl Th. Dreyer, my metier: An elegant documentary of Carl Th. Dreyer that is a collage of memories and reflection of one of cinema's greatest directors. Director of photography, Harald Paalgard ; editor, Ghita Beckendorff ; music, Anders Koppel.
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