A Life's Work – Carl Th. Dreyer's Jesus Film(1970)
Documentary exploring the thirty-seven years of preparatory work that director Carl Th. Dreyer did for "Jesus of Nazareth" – a film that was never produced.
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Reciter of diary excerpts (voice)
Self (archive footage)
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