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Overview

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Writers:
Carl Theodor Dreyer (writer)
Svend Rindom (play)
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Release Date:
5 October 1925 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Drama more
User Comments:
Who says Dreyer is boring? more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Johannes Meyer ... Viktor Frandsen
Astrid Holm ... Ida Frandsen
Karin Nellemose ... Karen Frandsen
Mathilde Nielsen ... Old Victor's Wetnurse
Clara Schønfeld ... Alvilda Kryger
Johannes Nielsen ... Doctor
Petrine Sonne ... Laundress
Aage Hoffman ... Dreng - Son
Byril Harvig ... Barnet - Son
Viggo Lindstrøm
Aage Schmidt
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Vilhelm Petersen
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Master of the House
Thou Shalt Honour Thy Wife
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Runtime:
107 min
Country:
Denmark
Language:
Danish
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | Australia:PG | Spain:T
Company:
Palladium Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
At the time of its original release in Paris, France this film played in 57 theaters in three weeks. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Carl Th. Dreyer: Min metier (1995) more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful:-
Who says Dreyer is boring?, 27 September 2000
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Author: Marc-31 from Barcelona

After seeing this movie (along with many other Dreyer's movies) I still wonder why people think that this Danish director is kind of boring.

This is perfect example of what Dreyer's cinematography is and what is not. This is a film where you can find some gentle spirit lying beneath. Some sort of quietness that fulfils the whole movie. As in many other of his early movies, Dreyer puts the spectator in a superior level. We are given the opportunity to watch an everyday's scene: a woman subjugated to a spoilt man's will. We watch her wake up early in the morning, wash dishes, clean the whole house, prepare her husband's breakfast and all she gets in exchange is bad manners and retreats from him. The complot that the nanny builds up to make the man feel guilty and so, to make him behave, unfolds in a subtle and sometimes funny way, making the watching more enjoyable from the distance.

It's hard to describe the perfect acting that the main characters bring to this beautiful film; an acting full of details and emotion.

Enjoyable form the first frame to the last one, this film will work perfectly for Dreyer's fans as long as for those who ever thought this was a tough one. It's, probably, the perfect bridge to approach to Dreyer's masterpieces such as "Ordet" and "Gertrud".

Hope you like it as much as I did.

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