Carl Dreyer

Jean Cocteau, Henri Langlois, Maurice Drouzy, Barthélemy Amengual, Louis Séguin write on The Passion of Joan d’ Arc, Éric Rohmer, Giannis Bakogiannopoulos and Achilleas Kyriakidis on The Word, Jonathan Rosenbaum (etc.) on Vampyr, Pascal Bonitzer, Christos Bakalopoulos (etc.) on Gertrud. Jean Renoir, Francois Truffaut, Jules Dassin, Andrea Martini, André Téchiné, Michel Demopoulos, Nikos Lyggouris, Alexandros Moumtzis, Nikos Kolovos, Dimitris Bampas, Thomas Linaras write introductory texts-researches on the work of the Danish filmmaker Carl Dreyer, one of the pillars of the 7th Art, with two of his films (The Passion of Joan d’ Arc and The Word) frequently in the list of the 10 best films of all times. In the section “Texts and Interviews”, we find the remarkable “Autobiographical Note”, the only text, where Dreyer talks about himself. Following is the complete filmography critically reviewed by acclaimed researchers. Edited by Babis Aktsoglou, Michel Demopoulos and Achilleas Kyriakidis, this monograph on the man, who stated that “cinema is the only passion in my life”, is a work-point of reference.