Ordet (The Word)
1955·Denmark·125 min.
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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.
DirectorCarl Theodor Dreyer
MusicPaul Schierbeck
CinematographyHenning Bendtsen
CastHenrik Malberg·Emil Hass Christensen·Preben Lerdorff Rye·Cay Kristiansen·Brigitte Federspiel·Ann Elizabeth·Ejner Federspiel·Sylvia Eckhausen
Original titleOrdet
Also known asOrdet