Carl Theodor Dreyer
Directing
February 3, 1889
Died March 20, 1968 (79 years old)
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Acting Credits
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Directed
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 fo...
Known For
Filmography
Dreyer's Gertrud
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Nitrate Flames
2015
as Himself (archive footage)
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Carl Dreyer
2006
as Himself
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
1995
as Himself
5.9
Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud
1994
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
1982
5.8
A Life's Work – Carl Th. Dreyer's Jesus Film
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968
as Self
7.4
Carl Th. Dreyer
1966
as Self
6.7
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
1965
as Self
6.7
Dr. Cook at Copenhagen
1909
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