Here you can read about Dreyer's actors and actresses, his creative co-workers and other people who have influenced his films and career.
Henning Bendtsen was director of photography on Ordet and Gertrud. In addition, he photographed around 100 Danish shorts, documentaries and features...
Anna Svierkier plays the old woman Herlufs Marte in Day of Wrath (1943).
Birgitte Federspiel plays the role of Inger, Mikkel’s wife, in The Word (1955).
Clara Pontoppidan appears in two films by Dreyer. She plays Siri, a telegraph operator’s wife, in the fourth episode of Leaves from Satan’s Book (1921...
Ebbe Neergaard was a writer and one of Dreyer's very few friends. He wrote the first monograph about Dreyer i 1940 - En Filminstruktørs Arbejde (The...
Falconetti appears in one Dreyer film, playing the title role in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928).
Johannes Meyer acted in three Dreyer films, playing Don Fernandez, Isabella’s teacher, in Leaves from Satan’s Book (1921); Rylowitsch in Love On Another...
Jørgen Roos photographed They Caught the Ferry (1948), directed Shakespeare og Kronborg (1950), photographed and was credited for the "completion" of...
Lisbeth Movin plays the leading role of Anne Pedersdotter in Day of Wrath (1943).
Mogens Skot-Hansen was production manager of Good Mothers (1942), co-writer of Day of Wrath (1943) and producer of Water from the Land (1946, unreleased...
Nina Pens Rode plays the all-important title role in Gertrud (1964).
Preben Frank was director of photography and production manager on Water from the Land (1946 – never released), The Danish Village Church (1947), The...
Preben Lerdorff Rye plays Martin in Day of Wrath (1943) and Johannes in The Word (1955).
Sophus Madsen produced Once Upon a Time (1922) and imported The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) to the Paladsteatret cinema in Copenhagen.