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Day of Wrath (1943)

Original title: Vredens dag

dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer

In a 17th-century Danish village, an old woman is accused of witchcraft. In the shadow of her flight, capture, confession, and burning at the stake, the young wife of the town's aging pastor falls in love with the pastor's son. Her confession of this illicit affair to her husband brings on her husband's death. At the funeral the pastor's mother denounces the young widow as a witch. Will the widow's lover come to her defense, or has the day of wrath returned?

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9 stars

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Stain Stain wrote about Day of Wrath

This is exactly the kind of movie that, to a 21st-century American, looks like it's going to be as dull as dust... until you sit down to actually see it, and pay attention... and find that it is not. A small movie that has been polished to a high gleam, making you realize that it only sounds boring because many have tried but almost no one can do this kind of story as well as Dreyer can. Excellent acting and lighting effects, and exactly the right ending

9 stars