Birgitte Federspiel, Cay Christensen, Cay Kristiansen
A God-fearing man lives in his Danish village with his three sons, each coming to terms with their Christian faith in his own way. Yet, one of them begins to believe he is Jesus Christ and proves it b...( read more
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An incredible film about faith. While similar thematically to The Passion of Joan of Arc, Ordet offers a much broader and deeper scope than Dreyer's earlier masterpiece. In a rural and very religious town in the 1920's, the Borgens is a simple family of peasants. The proud pat...( read more)
Ordet is a film, based on a 1925 play, about the power of faith when all else fails. It's about a Danish family on a farm, their clashes in faith with another sect in their own, and what happens when a family member falls ill during childbirth. Being a person completely lacking ...( read more)
Could very well be the saddest movie I've ever seen, but at the same time uplifting. Like most Karl Dreyer films it takes a while to get to the point, but the trip is so worth it. A good lesson about pre-judging people's behavior.
The ending is so bad it's almost comical, but the film up to that point is stunningly well-made and just dowright beautiful. It's also quite sad. I think you could probably press the stop button about five minutes before the end and be much more satisfied.
It's hard to speak about this film. Its power is humbling. Dreyer doesn't waste any time and what he has to say is as profound as any film artist gets. It's deeply spiritual and starkly breathtaking. I feel as if I'm just beginning to skim the surface of this riveting, thought-pr...( read more)
C. T. Dreyer used to say that he wanted to produce a movie about Jesus Christ. According to me Ordet is this kind of movie. Ordet is a masterpiece for the way the subject of the movie is developed, and also for the way Dreyer uses his camera and the lights. Some picture of this m...( read more)
Emotional work about religion and faith
incredible cinematography which sometimes reminds of bergman
want to see this because it won best foreign film with the NBR and was recognized as one of the best foreign-language films at the golden globes
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