Carl Theodor Dreyer, commonly known as Carl Th. Dreyer, was a Danish film director and screenwriter, born in Copenhagen on 3 February 1889 and died on 20 March 1968. He is widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers in history, and his movies are noted for emotional austerity, slow and stately pacing, and frequent themes of social intolerance, the inseparability of fate and death, and the power of evil in earthly life. His 1928 movie The Passion of Joan of Arc is considered one of the greatest of all time.
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The film, which combines a love story with a conflict of faith, won the Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival in 1955.
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