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Gertrud is a 1964 Danish drama film written and directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer; it is based on the 1906 play of the same name by Hjalmar Söderberg. The title role of Gertrud Kanning is played by Nina Pens Rode, with Bendt Rothe as her husband, Gustav Kanning, and Baard Owe as her lover, Erland Jansson.
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.
Gertrude (also spelled Gertrud) is a feminine given name which is derived from Germanic roots that meant "spear" and "strength". " Trudy ", originally a diminutive of "Gertrude," has developed into a name in its own right.
Gertrud. Carl Dreyer’s last film neatly crowns his career: a meditation on tragedy, individual will and the refusal to compromise. A woman leaves her unfulfilling marriage and embarks on a search for ideal love—but neither a passionate affair with a younger man nor the return of an old romance can provide the answer she seeks.
Gertrud (1964) Carl Theodor Dreyer’s final masterpiece centres on a woman who rejects the compromise of her marriage and retreats into a serene isolation.
Dec 7, 2022 · Pronounced /ˈɡɛʁ.tʁuːt/ ( German) [ key · simplify] Meaning & History. Expand Links. German form of Gertrude. Related Names. Family Tree · Details. Roots gair / ger + þruþi / drud. Variants Gertraud, Gertrude ( German) Geretrudis ( Germanic) Diminutives Gerta, Gerti, Gesine, Traudl, Trudi ( German)
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.
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In Carl Dreyer's deliberately-paced, meditative romantic drama, the director's final completed feature film (noted for very lengthy takes and lots of dialogue) - a profound masterpiece about the search for ideal love without compromise by a woman who had four suitors during her lifetime:
A woman leaves her unfulfilling marriage and embarks on a search for ideal love—but neither a passionate affair with a younger man nor the return of an old romance can provide the answer she seeks.
