A film adaptation of the »myth« entitled They Caught the Ferry by the Danish author and Nobel Prize winner Johannes V. Jensen (1873-1950) on the theme of a hazardous motor-cycle ride which ends disastrously. The motor-cyclist Sophus and his girl Elvira race along madly to catch the ferry at Nyborg. They succeed in catching Charon's ferry across the River of Death.
| Production company | Nordisk Films Kompagni for Dansk Kulturfilm og Ministeriernes Filmudvalg |
| Distributor | Statens Filmcentral/National Film Board of Denmark |
| Release date and place | 12.5.1948 / Saga |
Directed by
| Carl Th. Dreyer | Director |
Screenplay
| Carl Th. Dreyer | Screenwriter |
Produced by
| Ib Koch-Olsen | Production Manager |
Cinematography
| Jørgen Roos | Director of Photography |
Editing by
| Jørgen Roos | Editor |
Production Design
| Erik Alslev | Drawings of skeletons on an automobile |
Cast
| Josef Koch | Sophus - Driver of the motorcycle |
| Kamma Koch | Elvira - Sophus's girlfriend and passenger |
| Ewald Rasmussen | Charon |