The Word
work by Munk
Also known as: “Ordet”
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- In Kaj Munk
…a success, and Ordet (1932; The Word), a miracle play set among Jutland peasants, established him as Denmark’s leading dramatist. Ordet later was made into a motion picture by the Danish director Carl Dryer. For his principal character, Munk often chose a dictator, or “strong man,” whom he showed struggling…
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