1925 · drama · comedy
The Master of the House
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer1h 47m1925
When a man becomes tyrannical towards his family, the women of the house decide to teach him a lesson in gratitude.
Our read: The Master of the House (1925) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
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