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Gertrud

1964 · 119 min

A slow, austere immersion into a woman's uncompromising romantic idealism, told through long, intense conversations that demand patience and reward reflection.

Tagline
AMOR OMNIA, Love is Everything.
Overview
Hopeless romantic Gertrud inhabits a turn-of-the-century milieu of artists and musicians, where she pursues an idealized notion of love that will always elude her. She abandons her distinguished husband and embraces an affair with a young concert pianist, who falls short of her desire for lasting affection. When an old lover returns to her life, fresh disappointments follow, and Gertrud must try to come to terms with reality.
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • gender
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Written by
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Starring
Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe, Ebbe Rode, Baard Owe, Axel Strøbye, Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Vera Gebuhr, Lars Knutzon
Cinematography
Henning Bendtsen, Arne Abrahamsen
Runtime
119 min
Country
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Languages
Danish

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