{"id":79802,"date":"2022-01-03T10:27:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79802"},"modified":"2022-01-03T12:01:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T19:01:32","slug":"day-of-wrath-vredens-dag-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79802","title":{"rendered":"Day of Wrath \/ Vredens Dag (1943)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;All things are revealed in God&#8217;s good time.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Poster-215x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-79803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Poster-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Poster-735x1024.png 735w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Poster-92x128.png 92w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Poster-768x1069.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Poster-194x270.png 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Poster.png 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 17th century Denmark, shortly after an elderly woman (Anna Svierkier) is sentenced to death for being a witch, a young woman (Lisbeth Molvin) married to a widowed minister (Thorkild Roose) &#8212; and bullied by Roose&#8217;s disapproving mother (Sigrit Neiiendam) &#8212; falls in love with Roose&#8217;s son (Preben Lerdorff) from a previous marriage.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carl Theodore Dreyer Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Infidelity<\/li>\n<li>Priests and Ministers<\/li>\n<li>Scandinavian Films<\/li>\n<li>Witches and Wizards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that &#8220;Carl Dreyer&#8217;s austere tale of witchcraft set in a small Danish village in 1623&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;based on Norwegian Wiers Jenson&#8217;s play <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anne_Pedersdotter_(play)\"><em>Anne Pedersdotter<\/em><\/a>&#8221; &#8212; is &#8220;quite haunting, like a slow Kafkaesque nightmare,&#8221; which perhaps reflects the fact that it &#8220;was made during Germany&#8217;s occupation of Denmark.&#8221; He points out that &#8220;it&#8217;s creepy watching all these brooding characters in black moving through the frame as if they were between funerals,&#8221; and notes that &#8220;many shots will stay with you.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Naked-Back.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Naked-Back.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Naked-Back.png 958w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Naked-Back-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Naked-Back-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Naked-Back-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Naked-Back-359x270.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He asserts that the film brings up mixed feelings for us as viewers, given how Movin&#8217;s character shifts over the course of the screenplay. While at first &#8220;she was solemn and passive&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Solemn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Solemn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Solemn.png 958w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Solemn-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Solemn-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Solemn-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Solemn-359x270.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; after having an affair with Lerdoff &#8220;she becomes a changed woman&#8221;: &#8220;she laughs, sings, and is an aggressive, sexual temptress.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Scrim.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Scrim.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Scrim.png 958w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Scrim-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Scrim-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Scrim-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Scrim-359x270.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, although we are &#8220;troubled by the incestuous affair of Movin and Lerdoff&#8221; given that &#8220;Roose seems like a nice man who is loving to his wife,&#8221; we also recognize &#8220;he&#8217;s the same man who burns people for being witches.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Production2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Production2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Production2.png 958w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Production2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Production2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Production2-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Production2-359x270.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s ambiguous whether Movin (and Svierkier) are being presented as <em>actual<\/em> witches, but Peary argues (and I agree) &#8220;it&#8217;s likeliest that Dreyer is stating that within an oppressive religious environment in which most everything is regarded as a sin, a paranoid, persecuted person will regard almost all his or her natural feelings (from joy to lust) as being devil-inspired.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>One of Dreyer&#8217;s most ambitious and successful decisions with this movie is to spend significant time showing the ongoing persecution of elderly Svierkier; the horrors she endures aren&#8217;t dressed down in any way, and (shockingly) we see her nearly-naked body being tortured: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Torture-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Torture-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Torture-1.png 958w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Torture-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Torture-1-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Torture-1-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Torture-1-359x270.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; before she&#8217;s burned alive while a choir of children sing &#8220;Dies Irae&#8221;. Indeed, we see the true dangers of expressing any individuality or joy in this deeply repressive and biblically austere culture, as embodied by Roose&#8217;s coldly condemning mother (Neiiendam):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Neiiendam.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Neiiendam.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Neiiendam.png 958w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Neiiendam-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Neiiendam-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Neiiendam-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Neiiendam-359x270.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carefree scenes of characters escaping into nature for awhile offer temporary reprieve from the oppression: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Shadowy-Still-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Shadowy-Still-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Shadowy-Still-1.png 958w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Shadowy-Still-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Shadowy-Still-1-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Shadowy-Still-1-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Shadowy-Still-1-359x270.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but it&#8217;s always short-lived. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/72435\/day-of-wrath#articles-reviews?articleId=81388\">TCM&#8217;s article<\/a> for more details on the film&#8217;s production and Dreyer&#8217;s vision. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lisbeth Movin as Marthe<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-21h59m06s493.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-21h59m06s493.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-21h59m06s493.png 958w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-21h59m06s493-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-21h59m06s493-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-21h59m06s493-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-21h59m06s493-359x270.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anna Svierkier as Marte Herlof<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Svierkier.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Svierkier.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Svierkier.png 958w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Svierkier-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Svierkier-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Svierkier-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Day-of-Wrath-Svierkier-359x270.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Highly atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-22h25m02s115.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-22h25m02s115.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-79806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-22h25m02s115.png 958w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-22h25m02s115-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-22h25m02s115-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-22h25m02s115-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/vlcsnap-2022-01-02-22h25m02s115-359x270.png 359w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a fine and provocative film by Dreyer. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0036506\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/72435\/day-of-wrath#articles-reviews?articleId=81388\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s303dreyer.html\">DVD Savant (scroll down to second review)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/fantasy\/day-of-wrath-1943.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;All things are revealed in God&#8217;s good time.&#8221; Synopsis: In 17th century Denmark, shortly after an elderly woman (Anna Svierkier) is sentenced to death for being a witch, a young woman (Lisbeth Molvin) married to a widowed minister (Thorkild Roose) &#8212; and bullied by Roose&#8217;s disapproving mother (Sigrit Neiiendam) &#8212; falls in love with Roose&#8217;s son (Preben Lerdorff) from a previous marriage. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Carl Theodore Dreyer Films Historical Drama Infidelity Priests and Ministers Scandinavian Films Witches&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79802\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79802"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79834,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79802\/revisions\/79834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}