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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.
Ordet: Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. With Hanne Aagesen, Kirsten Andreasen, Sylvia Eckhausen, Birgitte Federspiel. Follows the lives of the Borgen family, as they deal with inner conflict, as well as religious conflict with each other, and the rest of the town.
Ordet. A farmer’s family is torn apart by faith, sanctity, and love—one child believes he’s Jesus Christ, a second proclaims himself agnostic, and the third falls in love with a fundamentalist’s daughter.
Ordet (1955) - trailer . Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI.Dreyer's penultimate film is a heartrending hymn to the power of earthly passion and love...
Mar 8, 2008 · A hard winter worth braving. Drama. 126 minutes ‧ 1955. Roger Ebert. March 8, 2008. 7 min read. "Ordet". For the ordinary filmgoer, and I include myself, “Ordet” is a difficult film to enter. But once you’re inside, it is impossible to escape.
Set primarily in a wind-beaten farmhouse in Denmark, the patriarch of the family, the father of three boys, is a dour widower who puts his belief in God before all else. Of his three offspring ...
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The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have widely disparate religious beliefs. Youngest son Anders shares his father's religion, but eldest son Mikkel has lost his faith, while middle child Johannes has become delusional and proclaims that he is Jesus Christ himself.
Putting the lie to the term “organized religion,” ORDET (THE WORD) is a challenge to simple facts and dogmatic orthodoxy. Layering multiple stories of faith and rebellion, Dreyer’s adaptation of Kaj Munk’s play quietly builds towards a shattering, miraculous climax.
August 1925 on a Danish farm. Widowed Patriarch Borgen, who's rather prominent in his community, has three sons: Mikkel, a good-hearted agnostic whose wife Inger is pregnant, Johannes, who believes he is Jesus, and Anders, young, slight, in love with the tailor's daughter.
Ordet (1955) An austere parable on the power of faith, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s penultimate film culminates in a transcendent resurrection scene. Ordet was the only film Carl Theodor Dreyer directed during the two decades between Two People (1945) and his final film, Gertrud (1964).
