"Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
One of master-Danish filmmaker C.T. Dreyer's most underrated masterpieces, it's dark, surreal, atmospheric, and jaw-dropping extraordinary. Like most of director Dreyer's work, it's not flashy, and unfortunately most copies of the film are in 'piss poor' quality, which means that parts of - if not the whole thing at one time or another - was considered to be lost over the ages. The original sound to the film has not survived and is considered lost indefinitely wh"
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"03/08/13 - I know some of the film is missing but this was quite an incoherent mess. There was some absolutely incredible scenes but I just couldn't get into it."
dannyjai added this to a list 2 months, 1 week ago
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If you’ve never seen a Carl Dreyer film and wonder why many critics, myself included, regard him as possibly the greatest of all filmmakers, chilling horror fantasy is the perfect place to begin to understand. - Jonathan Rosenbaum"
"Viewed: August 10 2012
I continue to be amazed by the effects and cinematography of these early films. The things that the director did with shadows and transparency in this film are incredible. I assumed before watching this movie that it would be silent. I was mistaken, as this film has dialogue in German. A very good film, although not scary in the horror sense, definitely worth watching if you want to make movies of your own. I'm really glad I stumbled onto this title.
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