Carl Theodor Dreyer
July 2nd, 2003
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
DIRECTOR
Gertrud (1964)
Ordet (1955)
Day of Wrath (1943)
Vampyr (1931)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Leaves From Satan's Book (1919)
Best known as a director, Dreyer spent his early years in Danish foster homes before being adopted by a strict Lutheran family. He became a journalist in 1910, and entered films as a title writer during the silent era, and then as scriptwriter and eventually director. His career was dogged by problems with the financing of his films, which led to large gaps in his output - and after the critics, too, denounced Vampyr -- "Der Traum des Allan Grey" (1932), he returned to journalism in 1932, and became a cinema manager in 1952 -- though he still made features up to the mid- 1960s, a few years before his death.
DIRECTOR
Gertrud (1964)
Ordet (1955)
Day of Wrath (1943)
Vampyr (1931)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Leaves From Satan's Book (1919)
Best known as a director, Dreyer spent his early years in Danish foster homes before being adopted by a strict Lutheran family. He became a journalist in 1910, and entered films as a title writer during the silent era, and then as scriptwriter and eventually director. His career was dogged by problems with the financing of his films, which led to large gaps in his output - and after the critics, too, denounced Vampyr -- "Der Traum des Allan Grey" (1932), he returned to journalism in 1932, and became a cinema manager in 1952 -- though he still made features up to the mid- 1960s, a few years before his death.
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