religious delusion

His films like 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' and 'Teorema' probe the intersection of religious faith, doubt, and obsession with unflinching philosophical intensity.

Through 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' and 'Vampyr,' Dreyer explores religious conviction and delusion as states of psychological and spiritual extremity.

His surrealist masterpieces like 'Viridiana' and 'The Exterminating Angel' dissect religious hypocrisy and the irrational compulsions masquerading as faith.