Water from the Land

dir: Carl Th. Dreyer , Mogens Skot-Hansen
pro: Mogens Skot-Hansen, Preben Frank Film for Dansk Kulturfilm
sc: Carl Th. Dreyer
ph: Preben Frank
mus: Poul Schierbeck
ed: Edith Schlüssel
cast: Gunnar Lemvigh, Asbjørn Andersen, Henrik Malberg (speakers)
dis: Dansk Kulturfilm (DFI)

Sharply critical film about rural water pollution in the Jutland countryside district of medical officer Jens Jensen. Situations of everyday water use are illustrated by graphic representations of a well and surrounding soil layers. A new well is correctly constructed in the farmyard.

The Farming Organisations, but above all the National Board of Health, killed the film because of its critical (read: realistic) depiction of water-well conditions in the country.

Vandet på landet / Water from the Land, (DK) 1946 b&w 14 min.

Film description thanks to www.carlthdreyer.dk