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Collection of films directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. In 'Day of
Wrath' (1943), set in 17th-century Denmark, elderly pastor Absalon
Pedersson (Thorkild Roose) is cursed at the stake by a peasant
woman (Anna Svierkier) whom he has tortured into a confession of
witchcraft. Soon after, Absalon's young wife Anne (Lisbeth Movin)
begins an affair with his son Martin (Preben Ledorff Rye). When
Anne tells Absalon of her love for Martin, the old man suffers a
fatal heart attack and she too finds herself being faced with
accusations of witchcraft. In 'Ordet' (1955), head of the family
Peter Borgen (Ejner Federspiel) forbids his younger son Anders (Cay
Kristiansen) to marry his girlfriend Anne (Gerda Nielsen) because
her family belongs to a different Protestant sect. The
ecclesiastical debate strikes to the community's heart, with only
Inger (Birgitte Federspiel), the wife of Peter's eldest son Mikkel
(Emil Hass Christensen), bridging the religious divide. In
'Gertrud' (1964), Nina Pens Rode stars as the eponymous
politician's wife who decides to leave her husband (Bendt Rothe)
just as he is about to take his place in government. Intending to
move in with a young composer (Ebbe Rode), her plans change when
she discovers that he has been unfaithful to her. In 'Master of the
House' (1925), Johannes Meyer plays Victor Fransden, a businessman
who takes out all his frustrations on his wife Ida (Astrid Holm)
and family. Ida accepts the abuse and incessant fault-finding until
one day his former nanny (Mathilde Nielsen) decides that she cannot
bear to watch any more. She persuades Ida to leave Victor, and
forces the erring husband to undertake all the household chores
himself in an attempt to make him see the error of his ways.
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