
GERTRUD A Film by Carl Theodor Dreyer Dreyer&s final film Gertrud is the story of a woman&s search for a romantic ideal of total & 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 & is unable to give her his total love Gertrud rejects both husband & lover choosing a life of solitude & 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) & Ilona Halberstadt (editor of PIX Directors Carl Theodor Dreyer Writers Carl Theodor Dreyer Hjalmar Söderberg Format PAL Language Danish Subtitles English Region Region 2 Aspect Ratio 169
- 1661 Number of discs 1 Classification PG Studio Bfi DVD Release Date 10 April 2006 Run Time 112 minutes