--- title: 'Ordet (1955)' type: 'film' director: 'Carl Theodor Dreyer' released: '1955-01-10' runtime_minutes: 126 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Denmark' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ordet-1955' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048452/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Ordet (1955) 1955 · 126 min · Drama · Denmark ## Synopsis Ordet is a 1955 Danish supernatural drama film, written and directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is based on a play by Kaj Munk, a Danish Lutheran priest, first performed in 1932. The film won the Golden Lion at the 16th Venice International Film Festival, and was the only film by Dreyer to be both a critical and financial success. ## Credits - **Director:** [Carl Theodor Dreyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-theodor-dreyer) - **Screenplay:** [Carl Theodor Dreyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-theodor-dreyer), [Kaj Munk](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaj-munk) - **Producer:** [Carl Theodor Dreyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-theodor-dreyer), [Erik Nielsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/erik-nielsen-2), [Tage Nielsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/tage-nielsen) - **Original Music Composer:** [Poul Schierbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/poul-schierbeck) - **Director of Photography:** [Henning Bendtsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/henning-bendtsen) - **Editor:** [Edith Schlüssel](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-schlussel) ## Cast - [Henrik Malberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/henrik-malberg) - [Birgitte Federspiel](https://cinepixo.com/people/birgitte-federspiel) - [Preben Lerdorff Rye](https://cinepixo.com/people/preben-lerdorff-rye) - [Ejner Federspiel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ejner-federspiel) - [Ove Rud](https://cinepixo.com/people/ove-rud) - [Cay Kristiansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/cay-kristiansen) - [Edith Thrane](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-thrane) - [Kirsten Andreasen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirsten-andreasen) - [Emil Hass Christensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-hass-christensen) - [Henry Skjær](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-skj-r) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ordet-1955 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2352630); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.