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Ordet [videorecording - DVD] - London : British Film Institute Video, 2006 - 1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., b&w + 1 17 page booklet

A DVD release of the motion picture produced in 1955.

Producer and directed by Carl Thodor Dreyer Producer and directed by Carl Thodor Dreyer

Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdoff Rye, Caj Kristiansen, Birgitte Federspiel

Carl Theodor Dreyer's acclaimed philosophical drama focuses upon a farming family in the Danish region of West Jutland. Pious Borgen, the father, forbids his younger son Anders to marry his girlfriend because her family belongs to a different Protestant sect. The ecclesiastical debate strikes to the community's heart, with only Inger, the wife of another of Borgen's sons, bridging the religious divide. The remarkable climax is described by director Paul Schrader as 'one of the great moments in film history' and 'Ordet' features on the Vatican's greatest movies' list


DVD


Danish dialogue, with English subtitles.

Winner, Golden Lion, 1955 Venice Film Festival

Subjects--Personal Names:
Munk, Kaj, 1898-1944 --Film adaptations
Bendtsen, Henning
Dreyer, Carl Theodor, 1889-1968

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Danish drama--20th century--Film and video adaptations.
Faith--Drama.
Rural families--Denmark--Drama
Farm life--Denmark--Drama.
Ressurection--Drama

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Denmark--Social life and customs--Drama.