Day of Wrath
Summary:
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 ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Thorkild Roose - (Absalon Pedersson)
Lisbeth Movin - (Anne Pedersdotter)
Sigrid Neilendam - (Merete, Absalon's Mother)
Preben Lerdorff-Rye - (Martin)
Albert Hoeberg - (The Bishop)
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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... Continue >>
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