Gertrud

“No, Gertrud Malter …” But the name Gertrud—the full version of her name, the adult version—carried that tinge of her mother’s craziness.

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994

“No, Gertrud Malter …” But the name Gertrud—the full version of her name, the adult version—carried that tinge of her mother’s craziness.

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994

“No, Gertrud Malter …” But the name Gertrud—the full version of her name, the adult version—carried that tinge of her mother’s craziness.

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994

“No, Gertrud Malter …” But the name Gertrud—the full version of her name, the adult version—carried that tinge of her mother’s craziness.

Stones from the River Ursula Hegi 1994

Barbara felt that she was fortunate to have found so kind and sensible a companion and, while the Rhinelander was helping her undress, she begged her in future to call her by her Christian name "Gertrud," or, as people liked to address her, "Frau Traut."

Barbara Blomberg — Volume 08 Georg Ebers 1867

Barbara felt that she was fortunate to have found so kind and sensible a companion and, while the Rhinelander was helping her undress, she begged her in future to call her by her Christian name "Gertrud," or, as people liked to address her, "Frau Traut."

Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

Barbara felt that she was fortunate to have found so kind and sensible a companion and, while the Rhinelander was helping her undress, she begged her in future to call her by her Christian name "Gertrud," or, as people liked to address her, "Frau Traut."

Barbara Blomberg — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

"Gertrud," she said next day, when the two were bending over their needlework, somewhat apart from the other maids, "dost think that Karl could get thee a length of rope?

Tales From Scottish Ballads Elizabeth Wilson Grierson 1908

"Gertrud," she said at last, "I see a way, a dangerous one, 'tis true, but still it is a way.

Tales From Scottish Ballads Elizabeth Wilson Grierson 1908

If the Danish cinematographer Henning Bendtsen, who has died aged 85, had shot nothing else but Carl Dreyer's final masterpieces, Ordet (The Word, 1955) and Gertrud (1964), he would have been entitled to a place in the pantheon of cinema.

Henning Bendtsen obituary 2011