Day Of Wrath (action)
''Day of Wrath'' () is a 1943 Danish Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and starring Lisbeth Movin, Thorkild Roose and Preben Lerdorff Rye. It is an adaptation of the 1909 play ''Anne Pedersdotter (play), Anne Pedersdotter'' by Hans Wiers-Jenssen, based on a Anne Pedersdotter, 16th century Norwegian case. The film tells the story of a young woman who is forced into a marriage with an elderly pastor after her late mother was accused of witchcraft. She falls in love with the pastor's son and also comes under suspicion of witchcraft. The film was produced during the Nazi Occupation of Denmark, and Dreyer left the country for Sweden after its release. It has received very positive reviews, despite initial criticisms for slow pacing. Plot In a Danish village in 1623, an old woman known as Herlof's Marte is accused of witchcraft. Anne Pedersdotter, Anne, a young woman, is married to the aged local pastor, Absalon Pederssøn Beyer, Absalon Pedersso ...
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