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1943

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The events in a nineteenth century Danish community which sees an accusation of witchcraft levelled against the wife of a Cathedral Notary. Danish dialogue. Read more

Starring	Kirsten Andreasen, Sigurd Berg, Albert Hoeberg
Director	Carl Theodor Dreyer
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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Day Of Wrath

The events in a nineteenth century Danish community which sees an accusation of witchcraft levelled against the wife of a Cathedral Notary. Danish dialogue.

Starring	Kirsten Andreasen, Sigurd Berg, Albert Hoeberg
Director	Carl Theodor Dreyer
Studio	BFI VIDEO
Original title	Vredens Dag
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 35 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama, World Cinema
Language	DVD: Danish
Subtitles	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1943 To Rent: DVD: 10 Apr 2006

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- Harrowing, spellbinding melodrama with a message, moving in a series of Rembrandtesque compositions from one horrifying sequence to another. Depressing, but marvellous.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:46
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  A masterwork
  
  This is only the second Dreyer film that I have seen. On that evidence it seems to me that Dreyer is one of the ... read more »
  
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  Still remarkably powerful
  
  This is a beautifully filmed and understated film which passes the test of time. The characters hold such different attitudes to everything we find in modern ... read more »
  
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  - 17 Apr 2011 at 11:16
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  A classic, but...
  
  Wonderfully shot, eerie use of occasional music, this classic about witchhunts in Denmark has a medieval flavour, even though it's set centuries later. My ... read more »
  
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- - InspectorSands
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  - 12 Jan 2010 at 16:31
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  One of its time.
  
  So slow and obvious that the simple story doesn't work for a modern audience.
  
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