Carl Theodor Dreyer

Carl Theodor Dreyer 
& Danish Cinema

1)Dreyer is to Danish cinema what Sjostrom is to Swedish cinema
2)He work examines the intersection between mortality and immortality
3)He is known for his mastery of lighting and insightful camerawork
4)His most well known film, The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) even though it
    was a French production. 
5)He later made a film called Vampyr in 1932 
6)Then made a series of critically acclaimed transcendental works between
   1943-1964
   a)Day of Wrath (1943)
   b)Ordet (1955)
   c) Gertrud (1964)

Class clip

 The Passion of Joan of Arc , (Renee Falconetti) is interrogated by French clergymen loyal to the English during the Hundred Years' War. 

The clip is intentionally silent, although various versions of the film are accompanied by musical scores. Notice the emotion in the close-up shots of Falconetti's face.

The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928):

Click Here for part of the clip we saw.