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A director from this country starred in a film by his compatriot in which the love between a master artist and his male model is symbolized by a Ganymede statue. That director from this country constructed a giant carousel in a country to its north for a silent documentary mixed with fictional elements about witch hunts in medieval Europe, titled Häxan (“HECK-san”). In a 1955 scene by a director from this country, the room subtly rotates along with the camera’s 360-degree (-5[1])pan, capturing a girl (-5[1])asking her possibly (15[1])mad uncle to (*) resurrect her mother. In a film, a director from this country shot a close-up of tears streaking down the title character’s face as she wears (10[1])a straw crown. A filmmaker from this country who directed Ordet starred Renée Falconetti (10[1])in a historical drama about the title saint. For 10 points, name this home country of the director of The Passion of Joan of Arc, (-5[1])Carl Theodor Dreyer. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Denmark [or Danmark] (The director mentioned in the first two lines is Benjamin Christensen, and the film he starred in is Michael.)
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