Mini-Biography:
Carl Theodor Dreyer was born on February 3, 1889 in Kopenhagen. He was a Danish Director, Author, known for Blade af Satans Bog (1919), Mikaël (1924), Du skal aere din hustru (1925), Carl Theodor Dreyer's first movie on record is from 1912. Carl Theodor Dreyer died on March 20, 1968 in Kopenhagen. His last motion picture on file dates from 1964.
Biographical Notes
geboren am 3. Februar 1889 in Kopenhagen als Sohn einer ledigen Schwedin, adoptiert von einer dänischen Familie, die ihm ihren Namen gibt. Dreyer kommt über den Journalismus 1912 zum Film, verfasst Drehbücher (unter anderem zu der damals viel beachteteten Adaptation von Berta von Suttners pazifistischem Roman DIE WAFFEN NIEDER und debütiert 1918 mit PRESIDENTEN bei der Nordisk.
Sein 1928 entstandener Stummfilm LA PASSION DE JEANNE DÁRC gilt als eines der Meisterwerke der Siebten Kunst schlechthin, trotzdem tritt nach dem ersten Tonfilm VAMPYR eine lange Schaffenspause bis 1943 ein: sein DIES IRAE wird von Kritik und Publikum schlecht aufgenommen. 1955 erhält er für ORDET den Goldenen Löwen in Venedig, aber auch sein letzter Film GERTRUD fällt 1964 beim Publikum durch.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1964: Gertrud (Director), with Vera Gebuhr, Board Owe, Ebbe Rode,
1956: Noget om Norden (Scenario),
1955: Ordet (Director), with Emil Hass Christensen, Ann Elisabeth, Birgitte Federspiel,
1955: Et slot i et slot (The Castle within the Castle, Krogen og Kronborg) (Director),
1954: Rönnes og Nexös genopbygning (Bornholms genopbygning) (Scenario),
1950: Storströmbroen (The Storstrom Bridge) (Director),
1950: Shakespeare og Kronborg (Scenario),
1949: Thorvaldsen (Director),
1948: De naede faergen (They caught the Ferry) (Director),
1947: Landsbykirken (The Danish Village Church) (Director),
1947: Kampen mod kraeften (The Struggle against Cancer) (Director),
1947: De Gamle (The Seventh Age) (Scenario),
1946: Vandet pa landet (Brönde pa lande, Water from the Land) (Director),
1944: Tvä människor (Two People) (Director), with Wanda Rothgardt, Georg Rydeberg,
1943: Vredens Dag (Dies Irae, Day of Wrath, Day of Anger) (Director), with Thorkild Roose, Albert Hoeberg, Lisbeth Movin,
1942: Mödrehjaelpen (Good Mothers) (Director),
1934: L' esclave blanc (Scenario), Directed by Jean-Paul Paulin, with Georges Rigaud, Jeannette Ferney, ,
1931: Vampyr (The Strange Case of David Grey, Castle of Doom, Not against the Flesh, The Vampire, The Strange Adventure of David Gray, Adventures of David Gray) (Director), with N Babanini, Albert Bras, Henriette Gérard,
1928: La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion of Joan of Arc) (Director), with Renée Falconetti, André Berlet, Eugène Silvain,
1925: Du skal aere din hustru (Master of the House) (Director), with Astrid Holm, Johannes Meyer, Karin Nellemose,
1925: Glomdalsbruden (The Bride of Glomdal) (Director), with , , ,
1924: Mikaël (Chained: the Story of the Third Sex, Heart's Desire) (Director), with Walter Slezak, Max Auzinger, Nora Gregor,
1922: Det var engang (Director), with Clara Wieth, Svend Methling, Peter Jerndorff,
1922: Die Gezeichneten (Love one another) (Director), with Polina Piechowska, Vladimir Gajdarov, Johannes Meyer,
1920: Prästänkan (The Fourth marriage of Dame Margaret, The Parson's Widow, The witch Woman, Youth to Youth) (Director), with Hildur Carlberg, , Greta Almroth,
1919: Blade af Satans Bog (Leaves from Satan's Book) (Director), with Helge Nissen, Halvard Hoff, ,
1919: Gillekop (Scenario), Directed by August Blom,
1919: Grevindens aere (The Countess' Honour) (Scenario), Directed by August Blom,
1919: Præsidenten (The President) (Director), with Halvard Hoff, Elith Pio, Carl Meyer,
1918: Glædens Dag (Day of Joy) (Scenario), Directed by Alexander Christian, with Alma Hinding, Ellen Rassow, Anton de Verdier,
1918: Lydia (The music-hall star) (Scenario), Directed by Holger-Madsen, with Valdemar Psilander, Ebba Thomsen, Philip Bech,
1917: Hotel Paradis (Hotel Paradiso, Hotel 'Paradise', Hotell 'Paradiset', Hotel 'Paradis') (Scenario), Directed by Robert Dinesen, with Peter Fjelstrup, Ebba Thomsen, ,
1917: Fange Nr. 113 (Prisoner No. 113) (Scenario), Directed by Holger-Madsen, with Svend Melsing, Peter Fjelstrup, Erik Holberg,
1917: Hans rigtige kone (His real wife) (Scenario), Directed by Holger-Madsen, with , Johanne Fritz-Petersen, Henry Seemann,
1917: Den Mystiske selskabsdame (The mysterious lady) (Scenario), Directed by August Blom, with Alf Blütecher, , Thorleif Lund,
1916: Pavillionens hemmelighed (Secret of the Pavillions, The mystery of the crown jewels) (Scenario), Directed by Karl Mantzius, with Karl Mantzius, Vita Blichfeldt, Svend Aggerholm,
1916: Guldets gift (The clay hearth, Lerhjertet, The Poison of Gold, The Tempting of Mrs. Chestney) (Scenario), Directed by Holger-Madsen, with Agnete Blom, , Peter Fjelstrup,
1916: En Forbryders liv og levned (Scenario), Directed by Alexander Christian, with Lauritz Olsen, Frederik Jacobsen, ,
1916: Rovedderkoppen (The Spider's Prey) (Scenario), Directed by August Blom, with Rita Sacchetto, Hans Richter, Thorleif Lund,
1916: Den skønne Evelyn (Evelyn the Beautiful, Pages from her life) (Scenario), Directed by A.W. Sandberg, with Rita Sacchetto, Adolf Tronier Funder, Henry Seemann,
1916: Den hvide Djævel (The Devil´s Protege, The White Devil, Caught in the Toils) (Scenario), Directed by Holger-Madsen, with Svend Kornbeck, , Johannes Ring,
1916: Penge (Money) (Scenario), Directed by Karl Mantzius, with Karl Mantzius, Robert Schyberg, Augusta Blad,
1915: Juvelerernes Skræk (Scenario), Directed by Alexander Christian, with Aage Hertel, Alf Blütecher, Frederik Jacobsen,
1915: Ned med vaabnene! (Down with Weapons, Lay down your arms!) (Scenario), Directed by Holger-Madsen, with Philip Bech, Augusta Blad, Johanne Fritz-Petersen,
1913: Chatollets hemmelighed (The secret of the old cabinet) (Scenario), Directed by Hjalmar Davidsen, with Aage Fønss, Lau Lauritzen Sr., Maja Bjerre-Lind,
1913: Elskovs Opfindsomhed (Scenario), Directed by Sofus Wolder, with Maja Bjerre-Lind, Gerd Egede-Nissen, Svend Bille,
1913: Krigskorrespondenter (The War Correspondent) (Scenario), Directed by Vilhelm Glückstadt, with Emanuel Gregers, Bertel Krause, Emilie Sannom,
1913: Balloneksplosionen (The Balloon Explosion, The hidden message) (Scenario), Directed by Kay van der Aa Kühle, with Richard Jensen, Emilie Sannom, Valdemar Møller,
1912: Bryggerens datter (The Brewer's Daughter) (Scenario), Directed by Rasmus Ottesen, with Olaf Fønss, Rasmus Ottesen, Emilie Sannom,
1912: Dødsridtet (The leap to death) (Scenario), Directed by Rasmus Ottesen, Kay van der Aa Kühle, with Richard Jensen, Gudrun Houlberg, Olaf Fønss,
Bibliography
La Cinémathèque Suisse # 99 (1991), pg 3ff;
Carl Theodor Dreyer, cinéaste danois, Ministère Royal des Affaires Etrangères Kopenhagen 1969;
Maurice Drouzy, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Editions du Cerf, Paris 1982;