Where to Watch Ordet (1955) in the US

What it's about

How do we understand faith and prayer, and what of miracles? August 1925 on a Danish farm. Widowed Patriarch Borgen, who's rather prominent in his community, has three sons: Mikkel, a good-hearted agnostic whose wife Inger is pregnant, Johannes, who believes he is Jesus, and Anders, young, slight, in love with the tailor's daughter. The fundamentalist sect of the girl's father is anathema to Borgen's traditional Lutheranism; he opposes the marriage until the tailor forbids it, then Borgen's pride demands that it happen. Unexpectedly, Inger, who is the family's sweetness and light, has problems with her pregnancy. The rational doctor arrives, and a long night brings sharp focus to at least four views of faith.

Cast and crew

Director

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Writer

Kaj Munk, Carl Theodor Dreyer

Starring

Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye

Details

Release date

Jan 10, 1955

Language

Danish

Country

Denmark

Awards

7 wins & 2 nominations total

Where to Watch Ordet (1955) in the US — common questions

Where to watch Ordet in the United States?

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