Born in Copenhagen in 1889 and died in 1968, Dreyer made only a handful of feature films, each austere, spiritual and intense, with close-ups of faces and a slow, deliberate pace.
Filmography
- The Parson's Widow (1920)
- Leaves from Satan's Book (1921)
- Michael (1924)
- Master of the House (1925)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
- Vampyr (1932)
- Day of Wrath (1943)
- Two People (1945)
- Ordet (1955)
- Gertrud (1964)
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