Dreyer's Gertrud (2022)
Documentary about the making and reception of Carl Th. Dreyer's final movie, "Gertrud."
Top billed cast
Liv ThomsenNarrator (voice)- Arne AbrahamsenSelf - Ass. cinematographer on "Gertrud"
Lone HertzSelf - Extra in "Gertrud"
Stig HoffmeyerSelf - Extra in "Gertrud"- Annette Rosenvold HvidtSelf - Art scholar
Lars KnutzonSelf - Actor in "Gertrud"- Peter LindSelf - Son of Nina Pens Rode
- Jens RavnSelf - Ass. director on "Gertrud"
- Casper TybjergSelf - Film scholar
- Lotte WeaverSelf - Actor in "Gertrud"
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