Du Skal Aere Din Hustru (1925) (UK Import) (DVD)

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Country of origin:: Dänemark, 1925
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Item number:: 3772719
UPC/EAN:: 5035673006641
Release date:: 27.2.2006
Series:: BFI (British Film Institute)
Genre:: Drama
Playing time ca.:: 91 Min.
Director:: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Actor:: Johannes Meyer, Astrid Holm, Karin Nellemose
German Title:: Du sollst deine Frau ehren / Master of the House (1925)
Language:: Dänisch
Sound Format:: Stumm
Picture:: 4:3
Subtitles:: Englisch
Specials:: Documentary on Dreyer (94 Min.), 2 Dreyer Short Films, Booklet

In Master of the House, the failure of his small business turns Victor (Johannes Meyer) into a household tyrant, constantly complaining and criticising his long-suffering family and eventually driving out his saintly wife Ida (Astrid Holm) to stay with relatives. His elderly Nanny Mads (Mathilde Nielsen) assumes control and, under her firm tutelage, he comes to fully appreciate the value of his wife.

This is a charming, richly detailed tragi-comedy of domestic manners. By turns funny, intensely emotional and deeply affecting it clearly still enjoys considerable contemporary relevance. Dreyer compressed and clarified the stage play by Svend Rindom on which he based his film, making it a definitively cinematic rather than theatrical work.

Reviews

Lexikon des Int.Films: "Ein tyrannischer Familienvater, der seine beruflichen Schwierigkeiten an Frau und Kindern abreagiert und die aufopfernde Arbeit seiner Frau mißachtet, wird durch eine Verschwörung der Familie kuriert. Der berühmte Regisseur hat in seinem späteren Werk 'Gertrud' seine Stellungnahme für die Emanzipation der Frau weitergeführt."