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Day of Wrath

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Day of Wrath
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NR,1hr 37min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1943
Director:
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neilendam  ...more
Synopsis: Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer's Day of Wrath (Vredens Dag) is set in 1623 Denmark, where Anne Pedersdotter (Lisbeth Movin), the second wife of a Danish pastor, grows to loathe her husband for his self-asceticism and instead falls in love with the minister's son - with whom she spends an inordinate amount of time. Locals overhear her wishing aloud for her husband's death; when he dies of a stroke not long after, she is accused of witchcraft, a charge taken seriously enough to be punishable ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Pittillo, AMG Review
Carl Theodor Dreyer's second sound film (after 1932's Vampyr) and his first after nearly a decade of inactivity, Vredens Dag was released during the height of the Nazi occupation of Denmark and, due to its strong political content, Dreyer was forced to flee to Sweden immediately after making it. Based on a Norwegian play by Hans Wiers-Jenssen, the film, set in 17th century Denmark, deals with the mysterious ... Full Review
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Thorkild Roose
Absalon Pedersson
Lisbeth Movin
Anne Pedersdotter
Sigrid Neilendam
Merete, Absalon's Mother
Preben Lerdorff-Rye
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