Thorvaldsen

A portrait of some of the most famous works by the great Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844). Dreyer uses close-ups of Thorvaldsen's reliefs and sculptures and lingers on the essential details of human anatomy.

Production company	Preben Frank Film og Dansk Film Co. for Dansk Kulturfilm
Distributor	Statens Filmcentral
Release date and place	26.1.1949 / Palladium (presentation) 20.4.1949 / Scala (shown as a short in connection with the screening of "Safari på liv og død" / "The Macomber Affair")

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Directed by

Carl Th. Dreyer	Director
Preben Frank	Director

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Screenplay

Carl Th. Dreyer

Screenwriter

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Produced by

Ib Koch-Olsen

Production Manager

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Cinematography by

Preben Frank

Director of Photography

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Editing by

Preben Frank

Editor

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Music by 

Svend Erik Tarp	Composer
Erik Tuxen	Conductor

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Others

Sigurd Schultz

Expert - Art Historian

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Cast

Ib Koch-Olsen	Speaker - Danish version
Therése Camos	Speaker - French version
Karl Striebeck	Speaker - German version
Dudley Platt	Speaker - English version