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DENMARK · 1948

They Caught the Ferry

Carl Theodor Dreyer
time pressure road trip motorcycle journey ferry travel race against time
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Synopsis

A man and a woman on a motorcycle arrive with a ferry to Assens. They want to catch the next ferry in Nyborg, on the other side of the island, but this ferry will leave in three quarters of an hour and the ferry berth is 70 km away.

Year1948
CountryDenmark
DirectorCarl Theodor Dreyer
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