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Carl Dreyer’s last film neatly crowns his career: a meditation on tragedy, individual will and the refusal to compromise. A woman leaves her unfulfilling marriage and embarks on a search for ideal love—but neither a passionate affair with a younger man nor the return of an old romance can provide the answer she seeks. Always the stylistic innovator, Dreyer employs long takes and theatrical staging to concentrate on Nina Pens Rode’s sublime portrayal of the proud and courageous Gertrud.
Original Release
12/19/1964
US Release
06/02/1966
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Nina Pens Rode | Gertrud Kanning / Gertrud |
Bendt Rothe | Gustav Kanning |
Ebbe Rode | Gabriel Lidman |
Baard Owe | Erland Jansson |
Axel Strøbye | Axel Nygen |
Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt | |
Vera Gebuhr | The Kannings' Maid |
Lars Knutzon | Student orator |
Anna Malberg | Kanning's mother |
Edouard Mielche | The Rector Magnificus |
Directors
Writers
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Hjalmar Söderberg
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nina Pens Rode | Gertrud Kanning / Gertrud |
Bendt Rothe | Gustav Kanning |
Ebbe Rode | Gabriel Lidman |
Baard Owe | Erland Jansson |
Axel Strøbye | Axel Nygen |
Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt | |
Vera Gebuhr | The Kannings' Maid |
Lars Knutzon | Student orator |
Anna Malberg | Kanning's mother |
Edouard Mielche | The Rector Magnificus |
Carl Johan Hviid | |
Valsø Holm | |
William Knoblauch |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jørgen Nielsen | Producer |