Nick Wrigley, from CarlDreyer.com, just sent me an email announcing a new addition to his site — an English translation of the Danish press book from Ordet's original release in 1955. (Scroll about half way down the page, and be sure to click on the images. Nick always posts really high resolution scans.) How's this for an interesting bit of trivia:
Kaj Munk originally wrote the part for the old Morten for Henrik Malberg. However, when ORDET could not be staged at The Royal Theatre after all, and it turned out impossible to loan the actor to the Betty Nansen Theatre, Malberg had to pass on the role, to the great disappointment of both Dreyer and Malberg. In Carl Th. Dreyer's film version, the now 80 years old Henrik Malberg finally gets to play his part.
Excellent work, Nick and Trond.
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