Description: In My Only Great Passion, the first full-length English language biography of Danish film director Carl Th. Dreyer and the latest edition in the Scarecrow Filmmakers Series, Jean and Dale D. Drum restore his reputation to its righful place. Based on extensive and exclusive interviews with both Dreyer and the people who worked with him -- including personal correspondence dating back to 1952 -- this biography provides the most comprehensive critical examination to date of both Dreyer's life and his approach to film-making. A valuable resource for film critics and hstorians, those in the film industry, and university cinema departments, as well as anyone with an interest in Danish art and culture, My Only Great Passion provides long neglected insights into the man who first raised European film above the level of entertainment and placed it in the realm of art.

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