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Du Skal ære din Hustru
Also known as Master of the House in the United Kingdom : [Thou Shalt Honour Thy Wife]
(1925) Danish
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast: Johannes Meyer [Viktor Frandsen], Astrid Holm [Ida Frandsen], Karin Nellemose [Karen Frandsen], Mathilde Nielsen [old Viktor’s wetnurse], Clara Schønfeld [Alvilda Kryger], Johannes Nielsen [doctor], Petrine Sonne [laundress], Vilhelm Petersen, Byril Harvig [son], Aage Petersen [son]

Palladium Film production. / Scenario by Carl Theodor Dreyer and Svend Rindom, from the play Tyrannens fald by Svend Rindom. Production direction by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Cinematography by George Schnéevoigt. Edited by Carl Theodor Dreyer. / Released 5 October 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was released on 15 November 1926 in Finland.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 11 June 2009.

References: Bardèche-History p. 265; Limbacher-Feature p. 156 : ClasIm-311 p. 15 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.