Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier

Name: Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
Director: Torben Skjødt Jensen
Released: 1995
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Hélène Falconetti, Lisbeth Movin, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Jørgen Roos, Birgitte Federspiel

1995 · 96 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 529 VOTES · DIR. Torben Skjødt Jensen

Overview

Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors. Visually rich and densely layered, Carl Th. Dreyer—My Metier illuminates an artist too little understood and too important to overlook. Through interviews, historical writings, and rare archival footage, a portrait of Dreyer emerges: an austere perfectionist, yes, but also a passionate man possessing a genuine sense of humor.

Dialogue Timeline — 702 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:33 Those of us who love working on set

00:10:16 I felt very unhappy, and left the theater.

00:14:47 Dreyer filmed Jeanne d'Arc as he would have a documentary

00:18:56 He kept her there to watch the rushes

00:30:09 Still, it was Dreyer.

00:32:48 We went for long walks. We talked and talked and talked.

00:35:13 onto that path, Anna's path, and mold me like a lump of clay.

00:39:25 Fear not! The Lord is merciful!

00:42:30 We dried ourselves in the toilets of the great belt ferry.

00:44:55 "No great harm done, then."

00:48:58 and you...

00:51:48 "Speech? Well, it was rather strange."

00:55:27 Long sequences, rare in movie-making.

00:59:17 - She is when she is alive, too. - Yes...

01:01:49 never whispered words of wisdom in one's ear

01:04:55 has passed ahead of her loved ones.

01:10:46 he couldn't manage the other, too. It would disturb him too much.

01:13:42 - In sorrow? - Yes.

01:16:11 He'd put them into big manila envelopes.

01:19:04 that he has created this...

01:22:12 I will say to myself:

01:24:50 I've never forgotten it.

01:29:21 Dreyer scuttled off into a corner so there'd be nobody behind him.

01:34:56 English translation and subtitles Jonathan Sydenham

Cast & Characters

Hélène Falconetti Self Lisbeth Movin Self Preben Lerdorff Rye Self Jørgen Roos Self Birgitte Federspiel Self Henning Bendtsen Self Baard Owe Self Axel Strøbye Self Brian Patterson Director's Voice

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed702

Dialogue density7.3 lines / min

First line00:02:33

Final line01:34:56

Production Record

DirectorTorben Skjødt Jensen

LanguageDanish

IMDb votes529