Carl Th. Dreyer: My Métier (1995)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 36min
- Documentary, Biography
- 28 Dec 1995 (Denmark)
- Movie
- 2 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast
Clara Pontoppidan | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Hélène Falconetti | ... |
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Lisbeth Movin | ... |
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Preben Lerdorff Rye | ... |
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Jørgen Roos | ... |
Self
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Birgitte Federspiel | ... |
Self
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Henning Bendtsen | ... |
Self
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Baard Owe | ... |
Self
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Axel Strøbye | ... |
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Brian Patterson | ... |
Director's Voice
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David Bateson | ... |
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Carl Theodor Dreyer | ... |
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Directed by
Torben Skjødt Jensen |
Written by
Torben Skjødt Jensen | ... | () |
Lars Bo Kimergaard | ... | (idea) |
Prami Larsen | ... | () |
Produced by
Michael Rask | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Anders Koppel |
Cinematography by
Harald Gunnar Paalgard |
Editing by
Ghita Beckendorff |
Editorial Department
Torben Skjødt Jensen | ... | video post-production |
Jens Tang | ... | second film editor |
Makeup Department
Helle Birk Møller | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Marianne Slot | ... | production manager: France |
Christine Thårup | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Prami Larsen | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Per Henriksen | ... | graphics |
Sound Department
Jens Bangsholt | ... | sound engineer |
Sturla Einarson | ... | voice recording engineer: Norwegian version |
Camera and Electrical Department
Anders Askegaard | ... | still photographer |
Alain Benoît | ... | grip |
Birger Bohm | ... | assistant photographer |
Jakob Bonfils | ... | grip |
Torben Skjødt Jensen | ... | video photographer |
Prami Larsen | ... | video photographer |
Didier Loire | ... | still photographer |
Aslak Lytthans | ... | gaffer |
Music Department
Emilie Eskjær | ... | musician: violoncello |
Additional Crew
Helle W. Remfeldt | ... | production secretary |
Thomas Trane Petersen | ... | runner |
Jeppe Wahlstrøm | ... | runner |
Production Companies
- Steen Herdel Filmproduktion
- Unni Straume Film (co-producer)
Distributors
- BFI Video (2006) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Criterion Film Corp. (2001) (DVD)
- The Criterion Collection (2004) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
Plot Summary |
Carl Theodor Dreyer is a young journalist in Copenhagen when he gets involved in the early Danish film industry. He writes scripts and inter-titles, and for some years he is the main editor at Nordisk Film. After those years of apprenticeship he gets the opportunity to direct his first film in 1917. Dreyer wanted his films to carry his personal imprints down to the smallest details, and already in his first silent movies it's possible to find stylistic traits that characterize his entire film production until his last film in 1964. The settings of his first films are naturalistic, but for Dreyer realism is not an art in itself. Only psychological realism is. His main interest is not the outer life, but the inner, emotional life of human beings. Emotions are most visible in facial expressions, and Dreyer's films are full of close-ups of human faces. By capturing the subtle, visual expressions of his characters, Dreyer tries to reveal the feelings they conceal and the storms that are raging inside them. Although many of his films end in tragedy, his intention is always to create a hymn to the triumph of the soul over life. Dreyer's own character was just as complex and contradictory as his film characters. Many of the actors he worked with describe him as a modest, amiable man, who was quiet in his statements, but intense and strong-willed inside. While his outer appearance was utterly self-effacing, he had at the same time an insistent stubbornness, which didn't accept any artistic compromises. Written by Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson1@comhem.se} |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Deleted footage from this documentary is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for Day of Wrath (1943), AKA: Day of Wrath. See more » |
Movie Connections | Features Leaves From Satan's Book (1920). See more » |