Gertrud (1964)

Directed by

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Genre

drama film, art film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

14

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 173 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A married woman named Gertrud reconnects with an old lover and considers leaving her husband. The film follows her quiet search for love and personal freedom.

slow-pacedmelancholiccerebralsparsecontemplativestylizedrestrained

What happens

Gertrud is a 1964 Danish drama film written and directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer; it is based on the 1906 play of the same name by Hjalmar Söderberg. The title role of Gertrud Kanning is played by Nina Pens Rode, with Bendt Rothe as her husband, Gustav Kanning, and Baard Owe as her lover, Erland Jansson. Gertrud was Dreyer's final film. It is notable for its many long takes, one of which is a nearly ten-minute take of Gertrud and her ex-lover, Gabriel, talking about their pasts. The film opened to divided responses but is now considered one of Dreyer's major works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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