Thorvaldsen (1949)
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 10M
Director : Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writer : Carl Theodor Dreyer
Synopsis
Documentary short film about the work of Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), one of the most famous Danish sculptors, who spent a good part of his life in Italy.
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After finding a sexually liberated boyfriend, a divorced woman gets sued over daughter's custody, by her ex, who claims that her lover has a bad influence on the kid.
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