Carl Theodor Dreyer : special edition box set /

Carl Theodor Dreyer : special edition box set /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	[Chicago] : Criterion Collection : Home Vision Entertainment, [2001]
Description:	4 videodiscs (432 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 22 p. booklet.
Language:	Danish French
Series:	Criterion collection ; 124-127 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 124-127.
Subject:	Dreyer, Carl Theodor, -- 1889-1968. Dreyer, Carl Theodor, -- 1889-1968. Feature films. Motion picture producers and directors -- Denmark -- Biography. Video recordings. Motion picture producers and directors. Denmark. Biography. Documentary films. Feature films. Fiction films. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6126384

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Other title:	Day of wrath. Ordet. Gertrud. Carl Th. Dreyer, my metier.
Other authors / contributors:	Dreyer, Carl Theodor, 1889-1968. Nielsen, Erik, 1924- Nielsen, Tage. Skjødt Jensen, Torben. Roose, Thorkild, 1874-1961. Movin, Lisbeth, 1917-2011 Malberg, Henrik, 1873-1958. Christensen, Emil Hass, 1903-1982. Rode, Nina Pens, 1929-1992. Rothe, Bendt. Janus Films. Home Vision (Firm) Palladium Productions. Steen Herdel filmproduktion. Unni Straume Filmproduksjon A/S (Firm) Criterion Collection (Firm) Home Vision Entertainment.
ISBN:	0780024230 (Set)
Notes:	Originally produced as motion pictures in 1943 (Day of wrath), 1955 (Ordet), 1965 (Gertrud) and 1995 (Carl Th. Dreyer, my metier). Special features: new digital transfers of all the films, supervised by "Gertrud" cinematographer Henning Bendtsen; interviews with cast members from "Day of wrath", "Ordet", and "Gertrud"; archival footage of Dreyer during the production of "Gertrud"; interviews with Dreyer cinematographers Henning Bendtsen and Sørgen Roos; a 22 page booklet including a reprint of Dreyer's essay "Thoughts of My métier"; an extensive essay by Dreyer Scholar Edvin Kau; still galleries accompaning each film; "Gertrud" enhanced for 16x9 screens. Thorkild Roose (Day of wrath), Lisbeth Movin (Day of wrath), Henrik Malberg (Ordet), Emil Hass Christensen (Ordet), Nina Pens Rode (Gertrud), Bendt Rothe (Gertrud). DVD, mono, Dolby digital mono ; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer ed. Danish or Danish and French dialogue, English subtitles.
Summary:	Day of wrath: Anna, the young wife of a much older paster, falls in love with her stepson. Also stars, Sigrid Neiiendan ; director of photography, Karl Andersson. Based on the novel "Anne Pedersdotter" by Hans Wiers-Jenssens. Ordet: A farmers family is torn apart by faith, sanctity, and love. A challenge to simple facts and dogmatic orthodoxy. Also stars, Preben Lerdoff Rye, Cay Kristiansen ; director of photography, Henning Bendtsen, John Carlsen, Erik Wittrup Willumsen ; music, Poul Schierbeck. From the play by Kaj Munk. Gertrud: A woman leaves her unfulfilling marriage and embarks on a search for ideal love - but neither a passionate affair nor the return to an old romance can provide the answer she seeks. Also stars, Ebbe Rode, Baard Owe ; director of photography, Henning Bendtsen ; music, Jørgen Jersild ; costume designer, Berit Nykjær ; production designer, Kai Rasch. Adapted from a play by Hjalmar Söderberg. Carl Th. Dreyer, my metier: An elegant documentary of Carl Th. Dreyer that is a collage of memories and reflection of one of cinema's greatest directors. Director of photography, Harald Paalgard ; editor, Ghita Beckendorff ; music, Anders Koppel.
Target Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Standard no.:	037429158425 (Set)
Publisher's no.:	DRE090 (Set) Home Vision Entertainment

Description
Summary:	Includes four of Dreyer's films: Day Of Wrath, Ordet, Gertrud, and My Metier.
Item Description:	Originally produced as motion pictures in 1943 (Day of wrath), 1955 (Ordet), 1965 (Gertrud) and 1995 (Carl Th. Dreyer, my metier). Special features: new digital transfers of all the films, supervised by "Gertrud" cinematographer Henning Bendtsen; interviews with cast members from "Day of wrath", "Ordet", and "Gertrud"; archival footage of Dreyer during the production of "Gertrud"; interviews with Dreyer cinematographers Henning Bendtsen and Sørgen Roos; a 22 page booklet including a reprint of Dreyer's essay "Thoughts of My métier"; an extensive essay by Dreyer Scholar Edvin Kau; still galleries accompaning each film; "Gertrud" enhanced for 16x9 screens.
Physical Description:	4 videodiscs (432 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. +
Format:	DVD, mono, Dolby digital mono ; optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer ed.
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN:	0780024230 (Set)