starring
Johannes Meyer Astrid Holm.
The Master of the House, made in 1925, was the film that made Dreyer's name throughout Europe. A light-hearted essay on male selfishness, it features delightful performances from Astrid Holm as the devoted wife and mother and Johannes Meyer as the thoughtless domestic tyrant.
Screenplay by CARL THEODOR DREYER and SVEND RINDOM from the play by SVEND RINDOM
Directed by CARL THEODOR DREYER. (First showing on British television. Black and white)
Film Club presentation by DAVID THOMPSON
ALSO SHOWING: page 18