Description |
4 videodiscs (432 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 124-127 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 124-127.
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System Details |
DVD, mono, Dolby digital mono ; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer ed. |
Cast |
Thorkild Roose (Day of wrath), Lisbeth Movin (Day of wrath), Henrik Malberg (Ordet), Emil Hass Christensen (Ordet), Nina Pens Rode (Gertrud), Bendt Rothe (Gertrud). |
Note |
Originally produced as motion pictures in 1943 (Day of wrath), 1955 (Ordet), 1965 (Gertrud) and 1995 (Carl Th. Dreyer, my metier). |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
Day of wrath: Anna, the young wife of a much older paster, falls in love with her stepson. Also stars, Sigrid Neiiendan ; director of photography, Karl Andersson. Based on the novel "Anne Pedersdotter" by Hans Wiers-Jenssens. |
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Ordet: A farmers family is torn apart by faith, sanctity, and love. A challenge to simple facts and dogmatic orthodoxy. Also stars, Preben Lerdoff Rye, Cay Kristiansen ; director of photography, Henning Bendtsen, John Carlsen, Erik Wittrup Willumsen ; music, Poul Schierbeck. From the play by Kaj Munk. |
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Gertrud: A woman leaves her unfulfilling marriage and embarks on a search for ideal love - but neither a passionate affair nor the return to an old romance can provide the answer she seeks. Also stars, Ebbe Rode, Baard Owe ; director of photography, Henning Bendtsen ; music, Jørgen Jersild ; costume designer, Berit Nykjær ; production designer, Kai Rasch. Adapted from a play by Hjalmar Söderberg. |
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Carl Th. Dreyer, my metier: An elegant documentary of Carl Th. Dreyer that is a collage of memories and reflection of one of cinema's greatest directors. Director of photography, Harald Paalgard ; editor, Ghita Beckendorff ; music, Anders Koppel. |
Contents |
Day of wrath (1943, 97 min.) -- Ordet (1955, 125 min.) -- Gertrud (1965, 116 min.) -- Carl Th. Dreyer, my metier (1995, 94 min.). |
Note |
Special features: new digital transfers of all the films, supervised by "Gertrud" cinematographer Henning Bendtsen; interviews with cast members from "Day of wrath", "Ordet", and "Gertrud"; archival footage of Dreyer during the production of "Gertrud"; interviews with Dreyer cinematographers Henning Bendtsen and Sørgen Roos; a 22 page booklet including a reprint of Dreyer's essay "Thoughts of My métier"; an extensive essay by Dreyer Scholar Edvin Kau; still galleries accompanying each film; "Gertrud" enhanced for 16x9 screens. |
Language |
Danish or Danish and French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Local Note |
Some of the Simsbury Public Library items are are part of the Hayes Collection. |
Subject |
Feature films.
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Dreyer, Carl Theodor, 1889-1968.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Denmark -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Added Author |
Dreyer, Carl Theodor, 1889-1968.
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Nielsen, Erik.
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Nielsen, Tage.
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Skjødt Jensen, Torben.
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Roose, Thorkild, 1874-1961.
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Movin, Lisbeth, 1917-2011.
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Malberg, Henrik, 1873-1958.
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Christensen, Emil Hass, 1903-1982.
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Rode, Nina Pens, 1929-1992.
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Rothe, Bendt.
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Janus Films.
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Home Vision (Firm)
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Palladium Productions.
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Steen Herdel filmproduktion.
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Unni Straume Filmproduksjon A/S (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Home Vision Entertainment.
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Added Title |
Day of wrath.
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Ordet.
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Gertrud.
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Carl Th. Dreyer, my metier.
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ISBN |
0780024230 Set |
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9780780024236 Set |
Standard No. |
037429158425 (Set) |
Music No. |
DRE090 (Set) Home Vision Entertainment |
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