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  • BIRTH 03/02/1889
  • DEATH 20/03/1968
  • Country Denmark
  • MOVIES 4
  • DIRECTOR 8
  • SCRIPT 8
  • PRODUCTION 3

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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Carl Theodor Dreyer

Movies (4)

Carl Th. Dreyer
Carl Th. Dreyer
Self
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
Carl Th. Dreyer: Min metier
Carl Th. Dreyer: Min metier
Himself
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer
Self

Director (8)

La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc
La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
Ordet
Ordet
Vredens dag
Vredens dag
Gertrud
Gertrud
Du skal ære din hustru
Du skal ære din hustru
Blade af Satans Bog
Blade af Satans Bog
Glomdalsbruden
Glomdalsbruden

Script (8)

La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc
La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
Ordet
Ordet
Vredens dag
Vredens dag
Gertrud
Gertrud
Du skal ære din hustru
Du skal ære din hustru
Blade af Satans Bog
Blade af Satans Bog
Glomdalsbruden
Glomdalsbruden

Production (3)

Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
Vampyr - Der Traum des Allan Grey
Ordet
Ordet
Vredens dag
Vredens dag