| Ordet | |
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 theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Carl Theodor Dreyer |
| Screenplay by | Carl Theodor Dreyer |
| Based on | Ordet (1932 play) by Kaj Munk |
| Produced by | Carl Theodor Dreyer |
| Starring | Henrik Malberg Emil Hass Christensen Cay Kristiansen Preben Lerdorff Rye |
| Cinematography | Henning Bendtsen |
| Edited by | Edith Schlüssel |
| Music by | Poul Schierbeck |
Production company | A/S Palladium |
| Distributed by | Kaj Munk & Carl Theodor Dreyer A/S |
Release dates |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
Ordet (Danish pronunciation: [ˈoˀɐ̯ð̩], meaning "The Word" and originally released as The Word in English), is a 1955 Danish drama film, written and directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is based on a play by Kaj Munk, a Danish Lutheran priest, first performed in 1932. The film won the Golden Lion at the 16th Venice International Film Festival, and was the only film by Dreyer to be both a critical and financial success.[1]
The film is now regarded by many critics as a masterpiece, admired particularly for its cinematography. In Sight and Sound magazine's 2012 poll on the greatest films of all time, it placed 19th in the directors' poll and 24th in the critics' poll.[2]
- ^ Ordet in the Danish Film Institute database (in Danish)
- ^ "Votes for Ordet. (1955) | BFI". www2.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-10.