Day of Wrath

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Day of Wrath
Directed by	Carl Theodor Dreyer
Produced by	Carl Theodor Dreyer
Starring	Thorkild Roose Lisbeth Movin Sigrid Neilendam Preben Lerdorff-Rye Albert Hoeberg
Music by	Poul Schierbeck
Cinematography	Karl Andersson
Editing by	Anne Marie Petersen Edith Schlüssel
Distributed by	The Criterion Collection
Release date(s)	November 13, 1943 April 24, 1948
Running time	97 min.
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish
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Day of Wrath (Danish: Vredens Dag) is a black and white film made in 1943 by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. The film is an adaptation of Anne Pedersdotter by Norwegian playwright Hans Wiers-Jenssen. The protagonist of the film is the character Anne, played by Lisbeth Movin.

[edit] Synopsis

Day of Wrath is set in a 17th century Danish village where an old woman is accused of witchcraft, which she had confessed to in order to save the film's main character, Anne. Faced with death at the stake, however, she denounces Anne and this sets in motion the rest of the film.

[edit] External links

• Day of Wrath at the Arts & Faith Top100 Spiritually Significant Films list
• Day of Wrath at the Internet Movie Database
• Criterion Collection essay by Jonathan Rosenbaum
• In depth review of film on DVD

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Carl Theodor Dreyer
Silent films	The President • The Witch Woman • Leaves from Satan's Book • Love one Another • Once Upon a Time • Michael • Thou Shalt Honor Thy Wife • Bride of Glomdal • The Passion of Joan of Arc
Sound films	Vampyr • Good Mothers • Day of Wrath • Two People • Water from the Land • The Struggle Against Cancer • The Danish Village Church • They Caught the Ferry • The Storstrom Bridge • The Castle Within the Castle • Ordet • Gertrud