Day of Wrath Movie Review 1943

An involving psychological thriller based on records of witch trials from the early 1600s. Young Anne (Movin) is married to the much older and puritannical widower, Absalon (Roose) but falls in love with his son Martin (Lerdorff). She wishes aloud for her husband's death and when he does dies, Anne is accused of witchcraft. Grim and unrelentingly pessimistic, moving from one horrific scene to another, director Dreyer creates a masterpiece of terror. Based on a play by Hans Wiers Jenssen. In Danish with English subtitles.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 110 minutes.
Originally from Danish.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Psycho-Thriller, Witchcraft, Adapted from a Play, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast

Thorkild Roose, Sigrid Neiiendam, Lisbeth Movin, Preben Lerdorff, Anna Svierker

Cinematography

Karl Andersson

Director

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Music

Poul Schierbeck