This recurring cycle is an opportunity to watch or re-watch classics from cinema history, or films representative of certain national cinematographies, trends or eras, on the big screen.
Winner of the Goldne Lion, 1955 Venice International Film Festival
The second film adaptation of Kaj Munk's 1925 play of the same name, Ordet portrays the religious discord that arises between two families in a Jutland village when they discuss marrying off two of their children.
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer was a Danish film director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers in history, his films are noted for emotional austerity and slow, stately pacing, frequent themes of social intolerance, the inseparability of fate and death, and the power of evil in earthly life. His 1928 movie The Passion of Joan of Arc is considered to be one of the greatest movies of all time, renowned for its cinematography and use of close-ups. It frequently appears on Sight & Sound's lists of the great films ever made, and in 2022's poll, it was voted 21st on the list by film critics and 30th by film directors. His other best known films include Michael (1924), Vampyr (1932), Day of Wrath (1943), Ordet (1955), and Gertrud (1964).
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