Gertrud VO

BFI editie Dreyer's final film, Gertrud is the story of a woman's search for a romantic ideal of total and perfect love. A once famous singer now in her early forties, Gertrud makes the decision to leave her lawyer husband for her lover, a young composer. Discovering the next day that her lover has betrayed her, and is unable to give her his total love, Gertrud rejects both husband and lover, choosing a life of solitude and study over compromise of love that is merely half-measure. DVD Extras Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud (Christiane Habich/Reinhard Wulf, 1994, 29 mins): documentary in the making of Gertrud The Village Church (Dreyer, 1947, 14 mins) Fully illustrated booklet with essays by Casper Tybjerg (University of Copenhagen) and Ilona Halberstadt (editor of PIX Denmark | 1964 | black & white | Danish language English subtitles | 112 minutes | Ratio 1.66:1 | Region 2 DVD

film - Parution : 06/04/2006