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Carl Theodor Dreyer

Carl Theodor Dreyer (3 February 1889 – 20 March 1968), commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director. He is regarded by many critics and filmmakers as one of the greatest directors in cinema. His best known films include The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Vampyr (1932), Day of Wrath (1943), Ordet (1955), and Gertrud (1964). Dreyer was born illegitimate in Copenhagen, Denmark. His birth mother was an unmarried Scanian maid named Josefine Bernhardine Nilsson, and he was put up for adoption by his birth father, Jens Christian Torp, a married Danish farmer living in Sweden who was his mother's employer. He spent the first two years of his life in orphanages until his adoption by a typographer named Carl Theodor Dreyer, and his wife, Inger Marie (née Olsen). He was named after his adoptive father, but in accordance with Danish practice, there is no "Senior" or "Junior" added to their names to distinguish them from each other. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Born:
Feb 3, 1889 In Copenhagen, Denmark
Movie/TV Credits:
13
First Appeared:
In the movie Dr. Cook at Copenhagen 1909-09-21
Latest Project:
Movie Dr. Cooks Arrival 2025
Known For
Filmography
Movie Dr. Cooks Arrival Unknown 2025
Movie Dreyer's Gertrud Self (archive footage) 2022-07-17
Movie Sex, Sensations & Superstars: The History of Danish Silent Cinema Self (archive footage) 2020-10-14
Movie Nitrate Flames Himself (archive footage) 2015-12-10
Movie Diaries, Notes, and Sketches Self 2013-11-23
Movie Carl Dreyer Himself 2006-11-01
Movie Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier Himself 1995-12-28
Movie Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud Unknown 1994-01-01
Movie The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer Unknown 1982-05-30
Movie A Life's Work – Carl Th. Dreyer's Jesus Film Self (archive footage) 1970-03-27
Movie Carl Th. Dreyer Self 1966-11-14
Movie Cinéastes de notre temps : Carl Th. Dreyer Self 1965-04-08
Movie Dr. Cook at Copenhagen Unknown 1909-09-21
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