Gertrud
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Denmark · 1964
1h 59m
Director Carl Theodor Dreyer
Starring Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe, Ebbe Rode, Baard Owe
Genre Drama, Romance
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Gertrud is a former opera singer unhappy with her marriage to her politician/lawyer husband. In pursuit of an ideal version of true love, she ends her marriage and begins an affair with a concert pianist. When that doesn’t satisfy her ideals, the appearance of an old lover complicates her feelings even further.
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Every time Dreyer moves the camera I have to hold my breath the feeling is so intense