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Les Arcs, Savoie, France

December 11th - 18th 2010, Les Arcs European Film Festival will make a grand dedication to Denmark in order to honour the richness and creativity of Danish cinema. Danish cinema ought not be reduced only to the work of the emblematic director, Lars von Trier. This year's festival offers the discovery of other great actors, directors and films within the history of Danish cinema through a 8-episode series. This week, discover the father of Danish cinema, Carl Th. Dreyer.

Considered one of the most important directors in the history of cinema, Carl Th. Dreyer (1889-1968) was described as a polite and well-bred man by the actors who worked with him. He was known to prepare his films with meticulous precision. In a 50-year-long career, beginning when cinema was still silent and ending when the French New Wave appeared, he shot 22 films, among which the renowned masterpiece, The Passion of Joan of Arc.