dir:  Carl Th. Dreyer
pro: Ib Kock-Olsen, Nordisk Films Kompagni for Dansk Kulturfilm og Ministeriernes Filmudvalg
sc: Carl Th. Dreyer
ph: Jørgen Roos
ed: Jørgen Roos
cast: Josef Koch, Kamma Koch, Ewald Rasmussen
dis: Dansk Kulturfilm (DFI)

A film adaptation of the »myth« entitled “They Caught the Ferry” by the Danish author and Nobel Prize winner Johannes V. Jensen (1873-1950) on the theme of a hazardous motor-cycle ride which ends disastrously. The motor-cyclist Sophus and his girl Elvira race along madly to catch the ferry at Nyborg. They succeed in catching Charon’s ferry across the River of Death.

De nåede færgen / They Caught the Ferry, (DK) 1948 b&w 12 min.

Film description thanks to www.carlthdreyer.dk