Question

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 statue of Ganymede. That director from this country constructed a giant carousel for a silent documentary mixed with fictional narrative about witch (-5[1])hunts in medieval Europe, titled Häxan (15[1]-5[2])(“HECK-san”). In a 1955 scene by a director from this country, the room subtly rotates along with the camera’s 360-degree pan shot, capturing a girl asking her possibly 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 a straw crown. A filmmaker from this country who directed Ordet starred Renée Falconetti 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, Carl Theodor (10[1])Dreyer. (10[1])■END■ (0[2])

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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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mattias EhatammYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange49-5
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha5515
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up Tensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken55-5
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlersas rational as the square root of two power bottoms55-5
Gareth ThorlaksonSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere15110
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit15210
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 1530
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers1530

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y560%20%60%119.33