Category
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Ordet
Ordet (, 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.

Gertrud
1964 film by Carl Theodor Dreyer

Day of Wrath
1943 film by Carl Theodor Dreyer

The Commune
2016 film directed by Thomas Vinterberg

Thou Shalt Honour Thy Wife
1925 film by Carl Theodor Dreyer

Summer in Tyrol
1964 film by Erik Balling

Jeppe på bjerget
1981 Danish film directed by Kaspar Rostrup