The story of a great woman, the passionate Gertrud, a former well-known singer, now married to an eminent lawyer. After having been married af few years, Gertrud realizes that career means much more to her husband than his love for her. Gertrud, for whom love is life itself, has fallen in love with a young artist, a musician, and now that she finally has taken the decision to leave her husband, she is given the choice to go to her new, young lover or to her former lover, a famous writer who has just come back from abroad to attend a party given for him on the occasion of his 50th birthday. She feels that she cannot go back to her former lover and soon after finds out that her young lover is unfaithful to their love. She then knows that she is alone and realizes the truth of the words: "I believe in the carnal desire and in the irremediable loneliness of man!".
| Original title | Gertrud |
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| Danish title | Gertrud |
| Director | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Screenplay | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Based on | Efter skuespil af Hjalmar Söderberg (1906, da. 1967). Læs Carl Th. Dreyers manuskript til 'Gertrud': http://issuu.com/dreyer/docs/gertrud01/1?e=1071908/5168281 |
| Director of Photography | Henning Bendtsen |
| Editor | Edith Schlüssel |
| Sound | Knud Kristensen |
| Composer | Jørgen Jersild |
| Production designer | Kai Rasch |
| Appearance | Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe, Ebbe Rode, Baard Owe |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut, Film-Centralen-Palladium |
| Technical info | 3240 meter, 35 mm, 1,66:1 Widescreen, Black/white, Sound |
| Danish theatrical release | 01.01.1965 |
| Cinemas | Dagmar Urpremiere på Le Studio Médicis i Paris 18.12. 1964 |
| Danish rating | Not recommended for children under 7 |
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| Executive Producer | Palladium |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut, Film-Centralen-Palladium |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Assistant director | Jens Ravn |
| Assistant director | Solveig Ersgaard |
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Script |
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| Script | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Poems | Grethe Risbjerg Thomsen |
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Production |
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| Executive producer | Niels Jørgen Nielsen |
| Production manager | John Hilbard |
| Production manager | Erik Overbye |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematography | Henning Bendtsen |
| Camera assistant | Arne Abrahamsen |
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Stills |
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| Stills | Else Kjær |
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| Electrical dept. | Ove Hansen |
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Editing |
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| Editing | Edith Schlüssel |
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Music |
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| Music | Jørgen Jersild |
| Singing | Gurli Plesner |
| Orchestra | Danske Kvartet, den |
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Production design |
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| Production design | Kai Rasch |
| Set dresser | Willy Berg Hansen |
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Wardrobe |
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| Costume on set | Berit Nykjær |
| Men's costumes | M.G. Rasmussen |
| Gertrud's costumes | Fabielle |
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Makeup |
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| Makeup | Bodil Overbye |
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Sound |
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| Sound | Knud Kristensen |
| Sound assistant | Otto Borella |
| Music recording | Peter Willemoes |
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Appearance |
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| Gertrud | Nina Pens Rode |
| Gustav Kanning | Bendt Rothe |
| Gabriel Lidman | Ebbe Rode |
| Erland Jansson | Baard Owe |
| Axel Nygren | Axel Strøbye |
| Appearance | Anna Malberg |
| Appearance | Edouard Mielche |
| Kannings husholderske | Vera Gebuhr |
| Appearance | Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt |
| Appearance | William Knoblauch |
| Student | Lars Knutzon |
| Appearance | Valsø Holm |
| Appearance | Carl Johan Hviid |
| Appearance | Stig Hoffmeyer |
| Appearance | Lotte Wæver |
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| Music | Year | Composer |
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| Nattens bøn | 1964 | Jørgen Jersild |
| En Nocturne | 1965 | Jørgen Jersild |
| Ich grolle nicht | 1964 | Robert Schumann |
| Gertrud [Score] | 1964 | Jørgen Jersild |
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