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.
Writer: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Producer: Jørgen Nielsen
Director of Photography: Henning Bendtsen, Arne Abrahamsen
Gertrud
Gustav Kanning
Gabriel Lidman
Erland Jansson
Axel Nygen
The Paris Premiere of Gertrud