Gertrud

Overview

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.

Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer

Top cast

Nina Pens Rode

Gertrud

Bendt Rothe

Gustav Kanning

Ebbe Rode

Gabriel Lidman

Baard Owe

Erland Jansson

Axel Strøbye

Axel Nygen

Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt

Vera Gebuhr

Lars Knutzon

A

Anna Malberg

Kanning's mother

Edouard Mielche

W

William Knoblauch

Valsø Holm

C

Carl Johan Hviid

Details