Day of Wrath

(1943)Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer97 minDrama, History
A Drama of Fear and Superstition in the 20th Century.

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.

Thorkild Rooseas Rev. Absalon Pederssøn (uncredited)
Lisbeth Movinas Anne Pedersdotter, Absalon's Second Wife (uncredited)
Preben Lerdorff Ryeas Martin, Absalon's Son from First Marriage (uncredited)
SNSigrid Neiiendamas Merete, Absalon's Mother (uncredited)
ASAnna Svierkieras Herlofs Marte (uncredited)
AHAlbert Høebergas The Bishop (uncredited)
Olaf Ussingas Laurentius (uncredited)
Preben Neergaardas Degn (uncredited)
Kirsten Andreasenas (uncredited)
Sigurd Bergas (uncredited)
Harald Holstas (uncredited)
Emanuel Jørgensenas (uncredited)
Sophie Knudsenas (uncredited)
Emilie Nielsenas (uncredited)
Hans Christian Sørensenas (uncredited)
Dagmar Wildenbrückas (uncredited)