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Day of Wrath
DENMARK · 1943

Day of Wrath

Carl Theodor Dreyer
witchcraft persecution moral hypocrisy forbidden desire maternal influence social injustice
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Synopsis

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, i

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