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Ordet (The Word)

Ordet

1955

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Cay Kristiansen ...

8.2

12,073

Drama 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. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"For the ordinary filmgoer, and I include myself, 'Ordet' is a difficult film to enter. But once you're inside, it is impossible to escape (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Dave Calhoun Time Out	"A strange, wondrous and shocking work. Once seen, it's unlikely to leave you"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The strangeness of this gripping and eerie tragedy of the supernatural benefits in some ways from its theatrical style (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	The New York Times	"Both emotionally and intellectually the picture is hypnotic, and some portions will nail the spectator to his seat."	POS
United States	Dave Kehr Chicago Reader	"The film is extremely sensual in its spareness, a paradox always at the center of Dreyer's work."	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"It's simply a masterpiece (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"An intense, psychologically complex drama dealing with issues close to the heart of human existence."	POS

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