Ordet1955
Both picked by Claire Denis’ in the Criterion Closet, both on Stephen Cone’s Top 10, both directed by Carl Th. Dreyer and Carl Theodor Dreyer, and both starring Preben Lerdorff Rye
Carl Th. Dreyer, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Carl Th. Dreyer
Day of Wrath
Vredens dag
Denmark / Danish / 1943 / 1h 37m
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №125
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Synopsis
Filmed during the Nazi occupation of Denmark, Carl Dreyer’s DAY OF WRATH (VREDENS DAG) is a harrowing account of individual helplessness in the face of growing social repression and paranoia. Anna, the young second wife of a well-respected but much older pastor, falls in love with her stepson when he returns to their small seventeenth-century village. Stepping outside the bounds of the village’s harsh moral code has disastrous results. Exquisitely photographed and passionately acted, DAY OF WRATH remains an intense, unforgettable experience.
