Carl Theodor Dreyer Movies

he laws governing old age pensions in Denmark have recently been consolidated, and the rates of pensions improved. The film opens with visits to...

A wordless ode to the Storstrom bridge.

The Mothers' Aid is a state-funded institution with branches all over Denmark. Erna, a young pregnant woman, has asked a doctor to carry out an...

A documentary portrait of Denmark’s village churches, examining their ancient architecture and enduring place in Danish cultural and religious...

Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors....

Sharply critical film about rural water pollution in the Jutland countryside district of medical officer Jens Jensen. Situations of everyday water...

A documentary portrait of Carl Th. Dreyer, filmed shortly after the Paris premiere of "Gertrud." Through Dreyer’s own reflections on his films,...

Also known as Walden, Jonas Mekas’s first diary film is a six-reel chronicle of his life in 1960s New York, interweaving moments with family,...

A mature and visually elegant period romance that remains one of the earliest and most compassionate overtly gay-themed films in movie history. Based...

Documentary on the rise and fall of the Danish silent film industry.

A Danish PSA urging people to see the doctor before it's too late to cure their cancer.

The power of Satan is highlighted in four historical tales: the betrayal and subsequent arrest of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French...

When a man becomes tyrannical towards his family, the women of the house decide to teach him a lesson in gratitude.

Martha, a war widow, finds a new zest for life when she meets the noble Captain von Tilling. They marry, but before long he, too, is called to war....

On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) arrived in Copenhagen on the ship 'Hans Egede'. He received a hero's welcome as the first man to set...

In the first days after the Liberation in May 1945, two Danish towns, Rønne and Nexø, were bombed by Russian planes, when the German...

On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) arrived in Copenhagen on the ship ‘Hans Egede’. He received a hero’s welcome as...

A man and a woman on a motorcycle arrive with a ferry to Assens. They want to catch the next ferry in Nyborg, on the other side of the island, but...