---
title: 'Day of Wrath (1943)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Carl Theodor Dreyer'
released: '1943-11-13'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Denmark'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/day-of-wrath-1943'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036506/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Day of Wrath (1943)

1943 · 97 min · Drama · Denmark

Original title: Vredens dag

## Synopsis

Day of Wrath is a 1943 Danish drama film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and starring Lisbeth Movin, Thorkild Roose and Preben Lerdorff Rye. It is an adaptation of the 1909 play Anne Pedersdotter by Hans Wiers-Jenssen, based on a 16th century Norwegian case. The film tells the story of a young woman who is forced into a marriage with an elderly pastor after her late mother was accused of witchcraft. She falls in love with the pastor's son and also comes under suspicion of witchcraft.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Carl Theodor Dreyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-theodor-dreyer)
- **Screenplay:** [Carl Theodor Dreyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-theodor-dreyer), [Poul Knudsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/poul-knudsen), [Mogens Skot-Hansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mogens-skot-hansen)
- **Producer:** [Carl Theodor Dreyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-theodor-dreyer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Poul Schierbeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/poul-schierbeck)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Andersson](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-andersson)
- **Editor:** [Edith Schlüssel](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-schlussel), [Anne Marie Petersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-marie-petersen)

## Cast

- [Hans Christian Sørensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-christian-s-rensen)
- [Dagmar Wildenbrück](https://cinepixo.com/people/dagmar-wildenbruck)
- [Kirsten Andreasen](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirsten-andreasen)
- [Albert Høeberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-h-eberg) as the Bishop
- [Olaf Ussing](https://cinepixo.com/people/olaf-ussing) as Laurentius
- [Preben Lerdorff Rye](https://cinepixo.com/people/preben-lerdorff-rye) as Martin
- [Harald Holst](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-holst)
- [Thorkild Roose](https://cinepixo.com/people/thorkild-roose) as Absalon Pederssøn Beyer
- [Emilie Nielsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilie-nielsen)
- [Lisbeth Movin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lisbeth-movin) as Anne Pedersdotter
- [Sigrid Neiiendam](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigrid-neiiendam) as Merete
- [Johanne Sophie Knudsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/johanne-sophie-knudsen)
- [Anna Svierkier](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-svierkier) as Herlofs Marte

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/day-of-wrath-1943
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