Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 3, 1889, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Died
- March 20, 1968
- Movies
- 47
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.
Upcoming Carl Theodor Dreyer Movies
The Rebuilding of Rønne and Nexø
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | Dreyer's Gertrud | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Nitrate Flames | Himself (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Carl Dreyer | Himself |
| 1995 | Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier | Himself |
| 1994 | Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud | |
| 1982 | The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer | |
| 1970 | A Life's Work – Carl Th. Dreyer's Jesus Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | Diaries, Notes, and Sketches | Self |
| 1966 | Carl Th. Dreyer | Self |
| 1965 | Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer | Self |
| 1909 | Dr. Cook at Copenhagen |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1989 | Medea | Screenplay |
| 1964 | Gertrud | Writer, Director |
| 1955 | Ordet | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1954 | A Castle Within a Castle | Director, Writer |
| 1950 | Storstrøm Bridge | Director, Writer |
| 1950 | Shakespeare og Kronborg | Writer |
| 1949 | Thorvaldsen | Director, Screenplay |
| 1948 | They Caught the Ferry | Director, Writer |
| 1947 | The Village Church | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1947 | The Fight Against Cancer | Director, Writer |
| 1947 | De gamle | Writer |
| 1946 | Water from the Land | Director, Writer |
| 1945 | Two People | Director, Writer |
| 1943 | Day of Wrath | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1942 | Good Mothers | Director, Writer |
| 1932 | Vampyr | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1928 | The Passion of Joan of Arc | Director, Screenplay |
| 1926 | The Bride of Glomdal | Director, Writer |
| 1925 | Master of the House | Director, Writer |
| 1924 | Michael | Screenplay, Director |
| 1922 | Once Upon a Time | Director, Writer |
| 1922 | Love One Another | Director, Writer |
| 1920 | Leaves from Satan's Book | Director, Writer |
| 1920 | The Parson's Widow | Director, Screenplay |
| 1919 | The Countess' Honour | Writer |
| 1919 | The President | Director, Screenplay |
| 1918 | Lydia | Writer |
| 1917 | Hotel Paradis | Screenplay |
| 1917 | Den mystiske selskabsdame | Screenplay |
| 1916 | The Mystery of the Crown Jewels | Writer |
| 1916 | The Spider's Prey | Writer |
| 1915 | Money | Writer |
| 1914 | Lay Down Your Arms! | Writer |
| 1913 | The War Correspondents | Writer |
| 1913 | Balloneksplosionen | Writer |
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