Ordet (The Word)
- Original title
- Ordetaka
- AKA
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- Ordet
- Year
- 1955
- Running time
- 125 min.
- Country
- Denmark
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Carl Theodor Dreyer. Play: Kaj Munk
- Cast
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- Henrik Malberg
- Emil Hass Christensen
- Preben Lerdorff Rye
- Cay Kristiansen
- Brigitte Federspiel
- Ann Elizabeth
- Ejner Federspiel
- Sylvia Eckhausen
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- Music
- Cinematography
Henning Bendtsen (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Religion. 1920s. Small Town Life (Non-North American). Remake. Cult movie
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1955: Golden Globes: Best Foreign Picture1955: Venice: Golden Lion - Best Film1957: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film1957: National Board of Review: Top Best Foreign Language Films
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 6 My Favorite Danish Movies (61)
- 58 My Favorite Remakes (12)
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