Anne is a quiet, fearful young woman married to a much older pastor, Absalon, whose mother does not consider Anne worthy of her son and takes every opportunity to humiliate her. Anne lives in a world of stark discipline and deep shadows where any tolling church bell may be announcing a new witch hunt. When Martin, Absalon's son by his first marriage, returns home, Anne falls in love with him immediately. At the same time Anne starts wondering if she has supernatural power like her own mother who was considered a witch. She wills that Martin be waiting for at the door, and he is there. She tells her husband about her love for Martin and wishes him dead, and he falls down and dies. Anne's mother-in-law accuses Anne of having caused Absalon's death with the aid of the Evil One, and denounces her a witch. The weak Martin, in horror, turns away from her, and Anne, standing alone abandoned by everyone, confesses, while insanity shines from her face and tears are weiling her eyes. The death at the stake awaits her.
| Original title | Vredens Dag |
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| Danish title | Vredens Dag |
| International titles | Tag des Zorns, Jour de Colere, Dies iræ |
| Other titles | Dies irae |
| Director | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Screenplay | Carl Th. Dreyer, Mogens Skot-Hansen, Poul Knudsen |
| Based on | Efter Hans Wiers-Jenssens skuespil 'Anne Pedersdotter' (1908). |
| Director of Photography | Karl Andersson |
| Editor | Edith Schlüssel, Anne Marie Petersen |
| Sound | Erik Rasmussen |
| Composer | Poul Schierbeck |
| Production designer | Erik Aaes, Lis Fribert |
| Appearance | Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Preben Lerdorff Rye |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut, Film-Centralen-Palladium |
| Technical info | 2875 meter, 35 mm, 1,37:1 Academy, Black/white, Sound |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 11 |
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| Executive Producer | Palladium |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut, Film-Centralen-Palladium |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Assistant | Ebba Dreyer |
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| Script | Carl Th. Dreyer |
| Script | Mogens Skot-Hansen |
| Script | Poul Knudsen |
| Hymns | Paul la Cour |
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Production |
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| Executive producer | Tage Nielsen |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematography | Karl Andersson |
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Editing |
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| Editing | Edith Schlüssel |
| Editing | Anne Marie Petersen |
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Music |
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| Music | Poul Schierbeck |
| Violin | Erling Bloch |
| Viola | Hans Kassow |
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Production design |
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| Production design | Erik Aaes |
| Production designer | Lis Fribert |
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Wardrobe |
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| Wardrobe | N. Sandt Jensen |
| Wardrobe | Olga Thomsen |
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Sound |
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| Sound | Erik Rasmussen |
| Sound assistant | Ole Mørck |
| Sound assistant | Knud Kristensen |
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Other credits |
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| Historical consultant | Kai Uldall |
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Appearance |
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| Absalon Pederssøn, præst | Thorkild Roose |
| Anne, Absalons hustru | Lisbeth Movin |
| Merete, Absalons mor | Sigrid Neiiendam |
| Martin, Absalons søn af første ægteskab | Preben Lerdorff Rye |
| Biskop | Albert Høeberg |
| Mester Laurentius | Olaf Ussing |
| Herlofs Marte | Anna Svierkier |
| Degn | Preben Neergaard |
| Appearance | Dagmar Wildenbrück |
| Appearance | Emilie Nielsen |
| Appearance | Kirsten Andreasen |
| Appearance | Sophie Knudsen |
| Appearance | Harald Holst |
| Appearance | Emanuel Jørgensen |
| Appearance | Hans Christian Sørensen |
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| Music | Year | Composer |
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| Vredens Dag [Score] | 1943 | Poul Schierbeck |
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