Carl Dreyer's adaptation of the Norwegian play Anne Pedersdotter, still considered one of the greatest films ever made, was filmed and released during the Nazi occupation of Denmark and 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 17th-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." (Criterion Collection)
1943, b&w, 1 hour 50 minutes, Denmark