Day of Wrath
A Drama of Fear and Superstition in the 20th Century
Vredens dag (1943)
Timing:
1:37 (97 min)
8/10
210
210
Country
Production
Genre
Drama, History
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Director
Actors
Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Sigrid Neiiendam, Anna Svierkier, Albert Høeberg, Olaf Ussing, Preben Neergaard, Kirsten Andreasen, Sigurd Berg
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Poul Knudsen, Paul La Cour
Producer
Carl Theodor Dreyer, Tage Nielsen
Operator
Karl Andersson
Composer
Poul Schierbeck
Artist
Audition
Editing
Anne Marie Petersen, Edith Schlüssel
All team (15)
All team (15)
Short description
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, it's a matter of time before her family destiny catches up with her.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on a play by Norwegian writer Hans Wiers-Jenssen, "Anna, Daughter of Peter," which is based on real events.
- The film was shot during the German occupation of Denmark. It is not surprising that many interpreted the film as a political allegory. However, Dreyer always insisted that any allusions to contemporary politics in his film were coincidental and unplanned. It was rumored that he deliberately chose a blonde actress for the role of Anna so that no one would feel that the witch hunt implied the extermination of Jews by the Nazis. This fact has not been proven, but it is worth noting that actress Lisbet Movin never appeared in another Dreyer film.
- The film has no subtitles other than the title.
- Nordisk Film refused to finance Dreyer's proposed project because they considered him an expensive and extravagant director, and the following option was proposed: Dreyer would shoot a short documentary film on a government commission (which became "Help for Mothers") to prove he could shoot within budget and schedule, after which Nordisk would finance his feature film.
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