Master of the House

Victor Fransden (Johannes Meyer) is a businessman who takes out all his frustrations on his wife, Ida (Astrid Holm), and family. Ida accepts Victor's abuse and fault-finding until one day Victor's former nanny (Mathilde Nielsen) decides that she cannot bear to watch any more. She persuades Ida to leave Victor, and forces the erring husband to undertake all the household chores himself in an attempt to make him see the error of his ways. Carl Dreyer's silent classic was very popular in France and led to him being commissioned to make his masterpiece, 'The Passion of Joan of Arc', three years later.

Special Features

Booklet, Documentaries: Two short films by Carl Dreyer: 'Good Mothers' (1942) and 'They Caught the Ferry' (1948). 'My Metier', a film by Torben Skjodt Jensen (1995), Image Gallery

Actors: Astrid Holm, Johannes Meyer, Karin Nellemose, Mathilde Nielsen, Clare Schonfeld, Johannes Nielsen, Petrine Sonne, Aage Hoffman, Byril Harvig, Johannes Meyer, Astrid Holm, Karin Nellemose, Mathilde Nielsen, Clare Schonfeld

Audio Languages: English, Danish

Duration: 92 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

UK Delivery:

• Free delivery on all orders of £10 or more.
• £1.49 delivery fee on orders below £10.
• UK orders are shipped via Royal Mail 2nd Class.

International Delivery:

• Flat rate delivery charges vary by country.

Dispatch and Delivery Times:

• All orders are shipped from our warehouse in Northampton, UK within 48 hours of receipt during working hours.
• UK mainland orders typically arrive within 3-5 working days via Royal Mail 2nd Class.
• International estimated delivery times:
• Europe & Channel Islands: 7 to 10 working days
• USA: 7 to 15 working days
• Rest of the World: 9 to 21 working days

View our full delivery infomation here.