Gertrud (1964) BFI 1080p BluRay x265 HEVC AAC-SARTRE

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.




Extras

• Carl Th. Dreyer interviewed by Julian Jebb - A long-unseen English language interview with Dreyer. (1965, 7:49)

• Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud - A documentary on the making of Gertrud (1994, 28:51)