Gertrud
7.3
“AMOR OMNIA, Love is Everything.”
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.
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Cast
13 people
Nina Pens Rode
Gertrud Kanning
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Bendt Rothe
Gustav Kanning
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Gabriel Lidman
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Baard Owe
Erland Jansson
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O'Horten
Axel Strøbye
Axel Nygren
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Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt
Gertrud's concerned table neighbor
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Vera Gebuhr
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Lars Knutzon
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Anna Malberg
Kanning's mother
No other roles listed
Edouard Mielche
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William Knoblauch
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Carl Theodor Dreyer Director · Hjalmar Söderberg Author Henning Bendtsen Cinematographer
First release December 18, 1964 · Produced in Denmark · Production Palladium Film
Production
Palladium
Production
Palladium Film
Production
Denmark
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Danish
Spoken on screen
Danish
Release dates
France · December 18, 1964
Premiere · Paris
Denmark · January 1, 1965
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
December 3, 2025 · Limited theatrical · IMS Paulista (Sessão Mutual Films)
France
December 19, 1964 · Theatrical
Greece
January 8, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Re-Release
Portugal
February 16, 1967 · Theatrical
February 1, 1970 · Limited theatrical · Porto, Cineclube do Porto
March 15, 2022 · Limited theatrical · Cinemateca Portuguesa
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