Vredens dag (1943)

Country of Origin: Denmark
Year of Production: 1943
Running Times: 97 mins/94 mins (Argentina)/93 mins (Germany)/110 mins (USA)
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

NOTE: there are no credits on the film at all, so all the following must be taken as uncredited.

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Palladium Productions
Produced by: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Tage Nielsen

SCRIPT
Script: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Poul Knudsen, Mogens Skot-Hansen
Play: Anne Pedersdotter by Hans Wiers-Jenssens

DIRECTION
Directed by: Carl Theodor Dreyer

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Karl Andersson

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editors: Anne Marie Petersen, Edith Schlüssel

MUSIC
Music by: Poul Schierbeck

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
Hymns: Paul La Cour

SOUND
Sound: Erik Rasmussen
Sound Assistants: Knud Kristensen, Ole Mørck

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designers: Karl Sandt Jensen, Olga Thomsen

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Erik Aaes

MISCELLANEOUS
Historical Consultant: Kai Uldall

CAST
Kirsten Andreasen
Sigurd Berg
Albert Høeberg
Harald Holst
Emanuel Jørgensen
Sophie Knudsen
Preben Lerdorff Rye
Lisbeth Movin
Preben Neergaard
Sigrid Neiiendam
Emilie Nielsen
Thorkild Roose
Hans Christian Sørensen
Anna Svierkier
Olaf Ussing
Dagmar Wildenbrück

PLOT SUMMARY

In a 17th-century village, while an old woman is tried and executed for witchcraft, a young wife begins an affair with her husband's son. When her husband dies, she in turn is denounced as a witch.

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
DVD Distributors: Magnus Opus

France
DVD Distributors: MK2 Diffusion

USA
Theatrical Distributors: George J. Schaefer & Son
Video Distributors: Cable Video; Hen's Tooth Video; Imperial Entertainment
DVD Distributors: The Criterion Collection

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Dan gnjeva - Croatian title
Day of Anger - US video title
Day of Wrath - US title
Dia de Cólera - Portuguese title
Dias de Ira - Brazilian title
Dies irae - Argentinean/French/Italian/Spanish title
Jour de colère - French title
Tag der Rache - West German title
Vihan päivä - Finnish title
Vredens dag - Swedish title

KEYWORDS

witchcraft

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008