Dreyer, Carl Theodor 1889-1968

La Passion de Jeanne D'Arc The passion of Joan of Arc ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1978 and 1999 in 3 languages and held by 960 libraries worldwide
Dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc centering on her trial and execution.

Four screenplays by Carl Theodor Dreyer ( Book )
9 editions published between 1964 and 1970 in English and Danish and held by 628 libraries worldwide

Vredens dag ( Visual )
32 editions published between 1943 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 489 libraries worldwide
Set in the seventeenth century, this is the story of Anne, a young wife who is revolted when her husband, an elderly pastor, has an old woman burned at the stake as a witch. She tells her husband that she and his son are in love and that she wishes him dead. The pastor then dies of a stroke and Anna is accused of killing him by witchcraft. Deserted by the cowardly son and reviled by the pastor's shrewish mother, Anne is offered an opportunity to take the oath swearing she did not kill her husband. She seems to become what she is accused of being and in a strange ending refuses to take the oath.

Vampyr ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1995 and 2008 in German and held by 457 libraries worldwide
"With Vampyr, Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyser's brilliance of achieving mesmerizing atmosphere and austere, profoundly unsettling imagery was for once applied to the horror genre. Yet the result--concerning an occult student assailed by various supernatural haunts and local evildoers in a village outside Paris--is nearly unclassifiable, a host of stunning camera and editing tricks and densely layered sounds creating a mood of dreamlike terror. With its rolling fogs, ominous scythes, and foreboding echoes, Vampyr is one of cinema's great nightmares."--Container.

Gertrud ( Visual )
22 editions published between 1964 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 413 libraries worldwide
Around 1910, a woman who is unhappily married to a lawyer meets a famous poet whom she had loved, has an affair with a young composer and finally decides to live alone in Paris.

Dreyer in double reflection. Translation of Carl Th. Dreyer's writings about the film (Om filmen) by Carl Theodor Dreyer ( Book )
30 editions published between 1959 and 1997 in 5 languages and held by 373 libraries worldwide
Rassemble les écrits de Dreyer sur le cinéma, une sélection d'entretiens donnés par le cinéaste suédois, auteur de Vampyr, la Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, Ordet, Gertrud... et des témoignages de ses principaux collaborateurs.

La passion de Jeanne D'Arc The passion of Joan of Arc ( Visual )
29 editions published between 1928 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 347 libraries worldwide
Dramatization of the life of Joan of Arc centering on her trial and execution.

Jesus by Carl Theodor Dreyer ( Book )
9 editions published between 1968 and 1973 in 3 languages and held by 335 libraries worldwide

Ordet ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1954 and 2006 in Danish and English and held by 335 libraries worldwide
A study of spiritual faith and love ; the film tells of the death of Inger in childbirth and her resurrection, a miracle that is seen as the result of human love. The film opens as a family of marshland farmers trail a seemingly mad son (Johannes) who calls himself Christ. It closes as Johannes approaches the open coffin of his sister-in-law and, at the urgings of her child, brings her back to life.

Medea ( Visual )
9 editions published between 1987 and 2005 in Danish and held by 333 libraries worldwide
Medea seeks vengeance against Jason after he betrays her in a search for the golden fleece.