See Also: Dreyer, Carl Theodor(encyclopedia)
Grimm, Jacob (Ludwig Carl) and Wilhelm (Carl)(encyclopedia)
Dreyer, Georges(medicine)
Dreyer's formula(medicine)
Dreyer Investment, SICAV, S.A.(finance)
Theodor Kocher(medicine)
Svedberg, Theodor(medicine)
Schwann, Theodor(medicine)
Schott, Theodor(medicine)
Kerckring, Theodor(medicine)

Dreyer, Carl Theodor (sh)




born Feb. 3, 1889, Copenhagen, Den.
died March 20, 1968, Copenhagen

Danish film director.

He entered the film industry as a writer of subtitles and became a scriptwriter and editor. His first film as a director was The President (1919); after several others, he made his most famous silent film, The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928). He created a new directorial style based on extensive close-ups and the use of authentic settings. His other films include Vampire (1932), the celebrated Day of Wrath (1943), The Word (1955), and Gertrud (1964).


Carl Dreyer

By courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art Film Stills Archive, New York