Ordet1955
Both picked by Claire Denis’ in the Criterion Closet, both on Stephen Cone’s Top 10, and both directed by Carl Th. Dreyer and Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №127
- Connections
- View Connections
Synopsis
Carl Dreyer’s last film neatly crowns his career: a meditation on tragedy, individual will and the refusal to compromise. A woman leaves her unfulfilling marriage and embarks on a search for ideal love—but neither a passionate affair with a younger man nor the return of an old romance can provide the answer she seeks. Always the stylistic innovator, Dreyer employs long takes and theatrical staging to concentrate on Nina Pens Rode’s sublime portrayal of the proud and courageous Gertrud.
