Ordet

Movie

1955

2h 5m

Danish

Drama

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The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have widely disparate religious beliefs. Youngest son Anders shares his father's religion, but eldest son Mikkel has lost his faith, while middle child Johannes has become delusional and proclaims that he is Jesus Christ himself....

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Ordet

Movie

1955

2h 5m

Danish

Drama

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Cast

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Henrik Malberg

Morten Borgen (uncredited)

Birgitte Federspiel

Inger Borgen (uncredited)

Emil Hass Christensen

Mikkel Borgen (uncredited)

Preben Lerdorff Rye

Johannes Borgen (uncredited)

Cay Kristiansen

Anders Borgen (uncredited)

Ejner Federspiel

Peter Petersen (uncredited)

Gerda Nielsen

Anne Petersen (uncredited)

Sylvia Eckhausen

Kirstin Petersen (uncredited)

Ann Elisabeth Groth

Maren Borgen (uncredited)

Susanne Rud

Lilleinger Borgen (uncredited)

Ove Rud

Pastor (uncredited)

Henry Skjær

The Doctor (uncredited)

Edith Trane

Mette Maren (uncredited)

Hanne Agesen

Karen (uncredited)

Kirsten Andreasen

(uncredited)

Directed By: Carl Theodor Dreyer

Written By: Carl Theodor Dreyer (Screenplay), Kaj Munk (Story)

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soonertbone says...

8 months ago

Powerful, beautiful meditation on faith. I found this to be affecting, even as I myself do not grapple with questions of faith or integrate religion in my life. The magic in the movie came as a surprise but also felt inevitable. I loved the harsh tenderness in the fathers’ conversations, full of shorthand—a lifetime of argument where all that can be said has already been said. Between this and Joan of Arc, Dreyer comes closer than anybody else I’ve seen in finding God on screen.

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Jaitower

11 months ago

_Ordet_... How ironic, bearing the name "The Word," a film so measured and precise, especially in terms of its screenplay, that I find myself, poor me, having to use words to assess it. What more can I do than be sincere and admit that the possibility of not finding the right words to encompass this More

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