Day of Wrath

Day of Wrath

A Drama of Fear and Superstition in the 20th Century.

1943 · 97 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama, History

In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne's older but kindly husband, Pastor Absalon saved her mother -- but now, urged on by his overbearing mother, he refuses to help Marte. When Absalon's son returns home and is attracted to Anne, it's a matter of time before her family destiny catches up with her.

Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer · Written by Carl Theodor Dreyer

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Thorkild Roose Rev. Absalon Pederssøn (uncredited)
Lisbeth Movin Anne Pedersdotter, Absalon's Second Wife (uncredited)
Preben Lerdorff Rye Martin, Absalon's Son from First Marriage (uncredited)
Sigrid Neiiendam Merete, Absalon's Mother (uncredited)
Anna Svierkier Herlofs Marte (uncredited)
Albert Høeberg The Bishop (uncredited)
Olaf Ussing Laurentius (uncredited)
Preben Neergaard Degn (uncredited)
Kirsten Andreasen (uncredited)
Sigurd Berg (uncredited)
Harald Holst (uncredited)
Emanuel Jørgensen (uncredited)

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