JUNE 25 - SPECIAL SEASON: THE PASSION OF CARL DREYER

June 25 - 7:00pm

Day of Wrath

Carl Dreyer (1943) 100 mins M

Anna, the young 2nd wife of a much older pastor, falls in love with her stepson. Filmed during the Nazi occupation, Dreyer’s harrowing account of individual helplessness in the light of increasing social repression & paranoia is also one of the great films about witchcraft & female sexuality. Exquisitely photographed & passionately acted, it provides an intense, austere & indelible viewing experience.

35mm print courtesy of Danish Film Institute.

Preceded by

Good Mothers Carl Dreyer (1942) 11 mins A documentary of an unmarried mother who is nurtured & supported by the Danish social service. Provides a clear & socially conscious line counter to the Nazi propaganda espoused in occupation-era newsreels.

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June 25 - 9:00pm

Ordet

Carl Dreyer (1955) 126 mins M

Coupling stunning cinematography with delicately realised characterisation, Dreyer’s masterpiece is an exploration into the agonies of true faith as well the fragilities (& ecstasies) of familial bonds. Set in a small rural household, the film tells the tale of a theology student (Preben Lerdorff Rye) whose mind has fractured under the weight of his spiritual deliberations & follows his & his family’s response to his mother’s brittle & mysterious mortality. An awe-inspiring cinematic marvel.

35mm print courtesy of Danish Film Institute.

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