Ordet
- 1955
- 2h 6min
- Not Rated
Drama
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Kaj Munk, Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Palladium Film
- Hanne Aagesen, Kirsten Andreasen, Sylvia Eckhausen, Birgitte Federspiel, Ejner Federspiel, Ann Elisabeth Groth, Emil Hass Christensen, Cay Kristiansen, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Henrik Malberg
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Ordet (Danish pronunciation:, meaning "The Word" and originally released as The Word in English), is a 1955 Danish drama film, written and directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is based on a play by Kaj Munk, a Danish Lutheran priest, first performed in 1932. The film won the Golden Lion at the 16th Venice International Film Festival, and was the only film by Dreyer to be both a critical and financial success.
The film is now regarded by many critics as a masterpiece, admired particularly for its cinematography. In Sight and Sound magazine's 2012 poll on the greatest films of all time, it placed 19th in the directors' poll and 24th in the critics' poll.