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) - S Sigrid Neiiendam Merete, Absalon's Mother (uncredited)
- A Anna Svierkier Herlofs Marte (uncredited)
- A Albert Høeberg The Bishop (uncredited)
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Olaf Ussing Laurentius (uncredited) -
Preben Neergaard Degn (uncredited) - K Kirsten Andreasen (uncredited)
- S Sigurd Berg (uncredited)
- H Harald Holst (uncredited)
- E Emanuel Jørgensen (uncredited)
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