Review of Ordet (1955) by Martin T — 22 Jul 2008

At first I thought I was in for an unbearably tedious film. Dreyer is hit-or-miss with me, and this one is incredibly slow and starts out very dull. But after a while it creeps under your skin... the religious struggles between the characters become gradually more revealing and fascinating, even to a staunch atheist like myself.

By the final half hour I was thoroughly engaged and deeply moved, right up to the enigmatic ending. An intriguing, if somewhat difficult to get into, study of faith.