Carl Th. Dreyer Filmography


FEATURES:

The President (1918)
(Præsidenten)

Leaves from Satan's Book (1919)
(Blade af Satans Bog
)

The Parson's Widow (1920)
(Præsteenken), (Prästänkan), (The Fourth Marriage Of Dame Margaret)

Love One Another (1921)
(Elsker Hverandre), (Gezeichneten, Die), (The Stigmatized One)

Once Upon a Time (1922)
(Der Var Engang)

Michael (1924)
(Mikaël)

Master of the House (Thou Shalt Honor Thy Wife) (1925)
(Du Skal Ære Din Hustru)

The Bride of Glomdal (1925)
(Glomsdalbruden)

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1927)
(La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)

Vampyr (1932)
(The Dream Of Allan Gray)

Day of Wrath (1943)
(Vredens Dag)

Two People (1944)
(Två Människor)

Ordet (1954)
(The Word)

Gertrud (1964)


SHORTS:

Good Mothers (1942)
(Mødrehjælpen)

Water from the Land (1946)
(Vandet Pa Låndet)

Country Church (1947)
(Landsbykirken)

The Struggle Against Cancer (1947)
(Kampen Mod Kræften), (The Fight Against Cancer)

They Caught the Ferry (1948)
(De Naaede Færgen)

Thorvaldsen (1949)

Storstrøm Bridge (1950)
(Storstrømsbroen)

A Castle Within a Castle (1954)
(Et Slot I Et Slot)

OTHER:


Non directorial contributions by Dreyer:

De gamle / The Seventh Age (1946)
Director: Torben Anton Svendsen
Producer: Palladium for
Ministeriernes Filmkomite
Script: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cinematography: Karl Andersson
440 metres / 16 min

Radioens barndom (1949)
Director/Script: Otto Schray
Producer: Nordisk Film Teknik for Dansk Kulturfilm and Berlingske Tidende
Cinematography: Carlo Bendtsen
Editing: Carl Theodor Dreyer
687 metres / 25 min

Shakespeare og Kronborg (1950)
Director: Jørgen Roos
Producer: Teknisk Film
Co. for Danish Kulturfilm
Script: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cinematography: Arn Jensen
275 metres / 10 min

Rønnes og Nexøs genopbygning (1956)
Producer: Bent Barfod for Ministeriernes Filmkomite
Idea: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Script: Bent Barfod
Editing: Bent Barfod, Jørgen Roos
Cinematography: Birthe Barfod, A Clausen and Børge Bamberg
270 metres / 10 min


Scripts by Dreyer:

Bryggerens datter (1912)
Director: Rasmus Ottesen
Producer: Det skandinavisk-russiske Handelshus
Script: Dreyer in collaboration with Viggo Cavling
793 metres / 50 min
Premiere: 9th August 1912

Ballonekspeditionen (1913)
Director: Kai van der Aa Kühle
Producer: Filmfabrikken Danmark
Script: Dreyer
693 metres / 37 min
Premiere: 6th March 1913

Krigskorrespondenten (1913)
Director: Vilhelm Glückstadt
Producer: Filmfabrikken Danmark
Script: Dreyer
1218 metres / 66 min
Premiere: 13th May 1913

Hans og Grete / Elskovs opfindsomhed (1913)
Director: Sophus Wolder
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer
295 metres / 16 min
Premiere: 7th September 1913

Det gamle chatol / Chatollets hemmelighed (1913)
Director: Hjalmar Davidsen
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer
1200 metres / 65 min
Premiere: 15th September 1913

Ned med vaabnene (1914)
Director: Holger-Madsen
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer (after the novel by Bertha von Suttners)
1509 metres / The copy held by the Danish Film Museeum is 1168 inc Danish intertitles / 63 min
Premiere: 18th September 1914

Juvelernes skræk / Skelethaanden / Skelethaandens sidste bedrifter (1915)
Director: Alexander Christian
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer
943 metres / 51 min
Premiere: 20th December 1915

Penge (1915)
Director: Karl Mantzius
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer (after the novel by Emile Zola)
No records of length/duration
Premiere: 31st December 1915

Den hvid djævel / Djævelens protégé (1915)
Director: Holger-Madsen
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer (after the novel "Esther" by Balzac)
1085 metres / 59 min
Premiere: 25th January 1916

Den skønne Evelyn (1915)
Director: A W Sandberg
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer (after Viggo Cavling)
1289 metres / 70 min
Premiere: 23rd February 1916

Rovedderkoppen / Den røde enke (1915)
Director: Alexander Christian
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer (after Sven Elvestad)
1040 metres / 56 min
Premiere: 7th August 1916

Guldets gift / Lerhjertet (1915)
Director: Holger-Madsen
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer (after Carl Gandrup)
1058 metres / 57 min
Premiere: 18th August 1916

Pavillonens hemmelighed / Guldkuglen (1914, released 1916)
Director: Karl Mantzius
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer (after Viggo Cavling)
The museum copy is 810 metres / 43 min, but there are no records of original length
Premiere: 8th September 1916

Den mystiske selskabsdame / Legationens gidsel (1916)
Director: August Blom
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer (after Sven Elvestad)
958 metres / 52 min
Premiere: 15th January 1917

Hans rigtige kone (1916)
Director: Holger-Madsen
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer
1114 metres / 60 min
Premiere: 23rd May 1917

Fange nr. 113 (1916)
Director: Holger-Madsen
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer (after Carl Muusmann)
1090 metres / 59 min
Premiere: 25th June 1917

Hotel Paradis (1917)
Director: Robert Dinesen
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer (after the novel by Einer Rousthøj)
1835 metres / 99 min
Premiere: 10th October 1917

Lydia (1916)
Director: Holger-Madsen
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer (after Viggo Cavling)
1216 metres / 66 min
Premiere: 9th April 1918

Glædens dag / Miskendt (1916)
Director: Alexander Christian
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer
1068 metres / 58 min
Premiere: 3rd July 1918

Gillekop (1916)
Director: August Blom
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer (after Harald Tandrup)
1692 metres / 91 min
Premiere: 9th May 1919

Grevindens ære (1918)
Director: August Blom
Producer: Nordisk Films Kompagni
Script: Dreyer (after Paul Lindaus novel "Kniplinger")
1490 metres / 81 min
No records of premiere date


Non-filmed/produced scripts:



The following scripts were all, except the first, bought by Nordisk Film Kompagni. There are no records that these scripts were ever produced or filmed. The dates are the dates of purchase.

Dødens forener
Original script by Dreyer, 1913 (AB Svenska Filmteatern)

Den falske fingre
Script by Dreyer (after Vogel-Jørgensen), 10th April 1915

Greven af Oslo
Script by Dreyer (after Sven Elvestad), 24th April 1915

Manden i maanen
Script by Dreyer (after Sven Elvestad), 19th May 1915

Eventyrskibet
Script by Dreyer (after Sven Elvestad), 19th May 1915

Den døde passager
Script by Dreyer (after Sven Elvestad), 19th May 1915

Det stjaalne Hus
Script by Dreyer (after Sven Elvestad), 19th May 1915

De hemmelighedsfulde gaver
Script by Dreyer (after Sven Elvestad), 19th May 1915

Strandrøverne i Grimsby
Original script by Dreyer, 8th October 1915

Rotterne. Script by Dreyer
(after Harald Tandrup), 11th November 1915

Manden, der lagde byen øde
Script by Dreyer (after Stein Riverton), November 1915

Lovens arm
Script by Dreyer (after Carl Muusmann), 16th February 1916

Den gyldne pest
Script by Dreyer (after Övre Richter Frich), 22th March 1916

Stjaalne lykke
Original script by Dreyer in collaboration with Valdemar Andersen, 29th May 1916

Pengene eller livet
Original script by Dreyer, 30th May 1916

The Financier
Script by Dreyer (after Harris Burland), 23th June 1916

Sindssyg eller ikke
Script by Dreyer (after Wilhelm Hegeler), 5th July 1916

Samfundets ven eller fjende
Script by Dreyer (after Harald Tandrup), 1916

Hammerslaget
Dreyer treatment to a script after Övre Richter Frich, 31th March 1919


Source: Martin Drouzy and Edwin Kau
Thanks to Henrik Sylow for transcribing and help with the Danish language.