Principal cast
Nina Pens Rode as Gertrud, Bendt Rothe as Gustav Kanning, Ebbe Rode as Gabriel Lidman, Baard Owe as Erland Jansson, and Axel Strøbye as Axel Nygen
About the film
Gertrud at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1964 film at stop 202 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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.
Key craft credits
Arne Abrahamsen (director of photography), Henning Bendtsen (director of photography), Edith Schlüssel (editor), and Kai Rasch (art direction)
- Director
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Release
- 1964-12-19
- Runtime
- 119 minutes
- Genres
- Drama and Romance
- Country
- Denmark
- Quiz
- 25 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
The featured film is watched outside Screen Path. The app provides the learning experience around it: a guide, an analysis, and a quiz with explanations.
01
Before you watch
Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.
Spoiler-free02
After the film
Return after watching for a deeper video analysis of craft, meaning, and legacy.
Contains spoilers03
Quiz yourself
Answer 25 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
25 questions in this journeyWant to try a complete journey on the web? The Citizen Kane page includes the spoiler-free guide, after-film analysis, and a sample quiz.
Try Citizen Kane →Film data and images provided by TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.