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Gertrud

Gertrud

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 19, 1964

Runtime

1h 59m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

72%

Original Title

Gertrud

Production Companies

Palladium

Director

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Description

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. When an old lover returns to her life, fresh disappointments follow, and Gertrud must try to come to terms with reality.