Ordet

Ordet

1955 | 2h 5m | Drama | TV-14

Brief Synopsis

A fundamentalist preacher clashes with a family whose faith surpasses his own.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Carl Theodor Dreyer

CAST

Henrik Malberg

Emil Christensen

Preben Rye

Cay Kristiansen

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

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Host Intros

01:56
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Ordet (1955)
Intro Aired: Jun 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Ordet, 1955.

Related Videos

Ordet (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Voice Of Winter
Clip
The introduction of the Petersen family (Ejner Federspiel, Gerda Nielsen, Sylvia Eckhausen), considering religion and the possibility of a union with the Borgen household, in Carl Theodor Dreyer's Ordet, 1955.
Ordet (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Woe Unto You
Clip
Members of the Borgen household (Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen) pursue Johannes (Preben Lerdorff Rye) who is again wandering the dunes, believing he is Jesus, in Carl Theodor Dreyer's Ordet, 1955.
Ordet (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Washed In The Blood
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Excerpt from a religious service in Danish farm country, as directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, led by lay-minister Petersen (Ejner Federspiel) from Ordet, 1955, from a play by Kaj Munk.

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