Carl Theodor Dreyer

Carl Theodor Dreyer

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.

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Medea

Medea

1989

Screenplay

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

1972

In Memory Of

Gertrud

Gertrud

1964

Director, Writer

Ordet

Ordet

1955

Director, Screenplay, Producer

A Castle Within a Castle

A Castle Within a Castle

1954

Director, Writer

Storstrøm Bridge

Storstrøm Bridge

1950

Director, Writer

Shakespeare og Kronborg

Shakespeare og Kronborg

1950

Writer

Thorvaldsen

Thorvaldsen

1949

Director, Screenplay

They Caught the Ferry

They Caught the Ferry

1948

Director, Writer

The Village Church

The Village Church

1947

Director, Screenplay, Producer

The Fight Against Cancer

The Fight Against Cancer

1947

Director, Writer

De gamle

De gamle

1947

Writer

Water from the Land

Water from the Land

1946

Director, Writer

Two People

Two People

1945

Director, Writer, Editor

Day of Wrath

Day of Wrath

1943

Screenplay, Producer, Director

Good Mothers

Good Mothers

1942

Director, Writer

Vampyr

Vampyr

1932

Director, Producer, Screenplay

The Passion of Joan of Arc

The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928

Director, Screenplay, Editor, Title Graphics

The Bride of Glomdal

The Bride of Glomdal

1926

Director, Writer

Master of the House

Master of the House

1925

Director, Writer, Editor, Art Direction, Set Decoration

Michael

Michael

1924

Director, Adaptation, Screenplay

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

1922

Director, Writer

Love One Another

Love One Another

1922

Director, Writer

Leaves from Satan's Book

Leaves from Satan's Book

1920

Director, Writer

The Parson's Widow

The Parson's Widow

1920

Director, Adaptation, Screenplay

The Countess' Honour

The Countess' Honour

1919

Writer

The President

The President

1919

Director, Screenplay, Art Direction

Lydia

Lydia

1918

Writer

Hotel Paradis

Hotel Paradis

1917

Screenplay

Den mystiske selskabsdame

Den mystiske selskabsdame

1917

Screenplay

The Mystery of the Crown Jewels

The Mystery of the Crown Jewels

1916

Writer

The Spider's Prey

The Spider's Prey

1916

Writer

Money

Money

1915

Writer

Lay Down Your Arms!

Lay Down Your Arms!

1914

Writer

Krigskorrespondenter

Krigskorrespondenter

1913

Writer

Balloneksplosionen

Balloneksplosionen

1913

Writer

The Rebuilding of Rønne and Nexø

The Rebuilding of Rønne and Nexø

Screenplay

ECU

ECU

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