Gertrud

(1964)Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer119 minDrama, Romance

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.

Nina Pens Rodeas Gertrud
Bendt Rotheas Gustav Kanning
Ebbe Rodeas Gabriel Lidman
Baard Oweas Erland Jansson
Axel Strøbyeas Axel Nygen
Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt
Anna Malbergas Kanning's mother
Edouard Mielche
William Knoblauch
Carl Johan Hviid