Ordet (The Word)
1955 · Movie · 125 min. · Denmark
Synopsis of Ordet (The Word)
In a conservative, super-pious Danish town, the widower Morten Borgen -- the father of three boys -- cuts against the grain of the community with his constant heretical doubt. One of his sons, Mikkel Borgen, is entangled in an interfaith romance with a fundamentalist's daughter, while the second, Anders Borgen, is an agnostic, and the third, Johannes Borgen believes that he actually is Jesus Christ -- a conviction ridiculed by almost everyone as pure insanity.
Direction Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast Henrik Malberg · Emil Hass Christensen · Preben Lerdorff Rye · Cay Kristiansen · Brigitte Federspiel · Ann Elizabeth · Ejner Federspiel · Sylvia Eckhausen
Soundtrack Paul Schierbeck
Screenplay Carl Theodor Dreyer · Kaj Munk
Cinematography Henning Bendtsen
Original title Ordet
Also known as Ordet
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11K votes (FilmAffinity)
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