丹麦,,:小村教堂

The`# hist
%ory*/] of Danish co un/+try church arch!itectu =!re is t;#old by #sho(+wing scenes of h!%[ow th% e :\church wa -s used *b#$y the congregatio :n, beginning w**=ith t= he ?;[;cele%=bration of .%mass i _n a -\small and s)imple wood_$?en church 80:+0 
ye`ar_s :ago _, $#]and ,^@e,$nding w ,ith_ th.e congregat ion@* singing in a /%[villa ;%ge c[._hurch[] of to-^=day.\- The devel/op:men\t and the g?+!rowth of the: pattern o@,f church architectu\re is
^ shown.　　Dreyer in this film shows= a ser, +ies;) of _\^chur$[ches fro)m *different !]-periods wi)t)=h churchgoers .in =]\period clothing. Eac#h perio
d is sepa/+r(ated [ by a$($ sh]ot o*f a chu)^
%rch bel$;l doubl@e-exposed on the sky. Alth?)ough` the film/ has a!$ vib*-`rant and instruc\@%%tive\ way o,f communica^ting the d)ifferen.t ep]`ochs and? s
tyle )s )to st+*+udents, i?t does n@\ot exhibi?/ t the artisti*=c`
quality that usually dist=inguish^*@es a Dre)ye.[r
 f- ilm,? @ ;(except/) p]!erhaps _in some of th-e_^] costumes, wh= (!ich were originally made - for Day .!@of Wr*ath.　　The b_ oa;rd? of Da^!]+nsk=$ Kulturfilm in autumn 19-= 45 decided that their planned ch(%
urch 
+fil*_m (wo-uld+\\ exclusively be about vil+,lag=+=e c__hurches. Dreyer wo+.[uld  rewor*=k- _, th_e script that was writt en by *[ editor and
 folk
high-s%
chool p)rincipal Bern]+hard J/.ensen, aided+ [:b@$y a%[ committee%@* of exp (ert!s cons=istin+g of a,rchitect%  [/H.! ?Lønborg-Jen/?sen*% and V
-=ic[^tor $ (Herma^-;nsen, ;cur*;@ator at the N!$ational Museum of Denm\ \ark. Dreye(r h:ad a first dra(^_ft re@ady i***n mid-March,][] %\^-entitled Kirken e [r et gammel`@,\t Hus (The` Church Is an Old\ Hou%;=,se),+,# w/=hi%ch/^\ was distribute_d to the member ,s o^+; f the comm ;(+ittee for their$ comments.　　/\In the `!/last half\, of July,  ^Dre%yer and Victo-r* Her?ma !ns]::en trav ^elled the\= coun\:t!ry to lo% %`ok at?; suitable chu.+rc hes. Th(e]*!#y re!_se -arched the details and at Dreyer’s req u?est[^.  a number of technical changes wer![e m*ad!\e to; [/%the ch;urches, i%

ncl udin.g(= the remo;
va=l of porcelai*n+ ho#lders for electr^i, cal w#*i ring \i* n `T)veje Merløse Ch.urch=;.　　On_ 4 July#, D/`reyer- we/nt in /-#advance%[ to Ri*ngkøbing. S+hooti`ng was set to start a  fe#w .--day#.s later wit h ].
the a (#-/rrival of ()the d\*i]#/rector of photogra
=phy, P:_reb;.([en ;Frank , =$% wh.o had#* fa,-!llen;# / off a ladder and*$ broken his leg, F
\ortunately, he was 
rea=dy to cautiou (\^s!ly start working again within a few days, [ wit^.,h his leg in a cast.　　O@ th\(erwise, the production wen\=^t without a glitc+_h. \
Everywhere, Dreyer s+/aid, they wer+) e we^ ll r-+eceive$d at the vic[%arages and they h\
.ad no prob=) le? /m getting e+nough
 ,#-extras.
? +On 1 au]^g
us `t, they returned@ %*to Copenhage]n wi^th :`almost *[ a@(ll th-*eir f@-oot+age in,\ the can]#. They on-
ly n\eede*:d to fil?m :the $ch/urch in Skelby, wh]+]ere %+the weather had been agains
],:t them_@, p#lus a Swedish  ?w,+oode,n+, chur
 !ch in Hedared. The `[$
econom_
y was distressed %so soon=- after the war, / especially when it- came t#o fore^ign @curre= _n. cy, b:ut ther#;!e
 /were no \ re%+ al (@wooden+_ churc/ ?hes l[e,^ft i:n D!@enmark. and building an interior .#.set in, the s(\[=tudio wo)(uld #+be too expensive)\.　　The finished film `w ;as shown for the  (.firs)t time on 24 September 1947 #?!to ].a sm=all, closed circle, which $i,+^n_cluded the Minister for E!% ccles*iastical Affairs. In December 194: 7#$,%  as wa$:s/ Dansk K-ulturfi_l,])m’s standard prac[tic %=-e(, !the fi)`lm wa)/s prese;n:ted t`/o[ the p$ress, politic*ians an[
d others on a-`; programme with? four other*! )@\:short f!ilm%^s.