A portrait of some of the most famous works by the great Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844). Dreyer uses close-ups of Thorvaldsen's reliefs and sculptures and lingers on the essential details of human anatomy.
| Production company | Preben Frank Film og Dansk Film Co. for Dansk Kulturfilm |
| Distributor | Statens Filmcentral |
| Release date and place | 26.1.1949 / Palladium (presentation) 20.4.1949 / Scala (shown as a short in connection with the screening of "Safari på liv og død" / "The Macomber Affair") |
Directed by
| Carl Th. Dreyer | Director |
| Preben Frank | Director |
Screenplay
| Carl Th. Dreyer | Screenwriter |
Produced by
| Ib Koch-Olsen | Production Manager |
Cinematography by
| Preben Frank | Director of Photography |
Editing by
| Preben Frank | Editor |
Music by
| Svend Erik Tarp | Composer |
| Erik Tuxen | Conductor |
Others
| Sigurd Schultz | Expert - Art Historian |
Cast
| Ib Koch-Olsen | Speaker - Danish version |
| Therése Camos | Speaker - French version |
| Karl Striebeck | Speaker - German version |
| Dudley Platt | Speaker - English version |