Died 1968-03-20.
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Carl Theodor Dreyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer, commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers in history, his movies are noted for emotional austerity and slow, stately pacing, frequent themes of social intolerance, the inseparability of fate and death, and the power of evil in earthly life.
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entertainment · Danish film director (1889–1968) · film director · screenwriter · film editor · director · filmmaker · film producer · also Carl Theodor Dreyer, Carl Th. Dreyer, Dreyer
Born 3 February 1889 · Died 20 March 1968 · Q51127
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1955· 1 entry
Won Golden Lion for Ordet (1955).
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1954· 1 entry
Ordet (The Word), based on the play of the same name by Kaj Munk
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1928· 1 entry
Made his first classic film, The Passion of Joan of Arc
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1911· 1 entry
Married Ebba Larsen, with whom he had two children: Gunni Dreyer (1913-1990) and Erik Dreyer (1923-1978)
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1889· 1 entry
Born 1889-02-03.
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