Day of Wrath (Vredens dag)
(1943) [M]

Carl Theodor Dreyer made this film during the Nazi occupation of Denmark and, similar to the way Arthur Miller demonised the Hayes Code in his play 'The Crucible', Day Of Wrath uses the larger narrative of witch-hunts to point out the paranoid obsession of the period. The story follows Anne, the...  More

Ordet
(1955) [PG]

Themes of religion and personal integrity punctuate Carl Theodor Dreyer's Ordet. Set on a Twentieth Century Danish farm, the story centres around Morton Borgen, his wife Inger and their three sons, all of whom have strayed from the Lutheran patriarchy of their upbringing. The family must face...  More