Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Language
- Danish
- Country
- Denmark
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In Danish — subtitles on.
The story
In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne's older but kindly husband, Pastor Absalon saved her mother -- but now, urged on by his overbearing mother, he refuses to help Marte. When Absalon's son returns home and is attracted to Anne, it's a matter of time before her family destiny catches up with her.
- infidelity
- denmark
- inquisition
- pastor
- mother-in-law
- seduction
- love
- betrayal
- fugitive
- curse
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Thorkild Roose
Rev. Absalon Pederssøn (uncredited)
Lisbeth Movin
Anne Pedersdotter, Absalon's Second Wife (uncredited)
Preben Lerdorff Rye
Martin, Absalon's Son from First Marriage (uncredited)
Sigrid Neiiendam
Merete, Absalon's Mother (uncredited)
- Anna Svierkier — Herlofs Marte (uncredited)
- Albert Høeberg — The Bishop (uncredited)
- Olaf Ussing — Laurentius (uncredited)
- Preben Neergaard — Degn (uncredited)
- Kirsten Andreasen — (uncredited)
- Sigurd Berg — (uncredited)
- Harald Holst — (uncredited)
- Emanuel Jørgensen — (uncredited)
- Sophie Knudsen — (uncredited)
- Emilie Nielsen — (uncredited)
- Hans Christian Sørensen — (uncredited)
- Directed
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
Production
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 · 251 ratings
- Studio
- Palladium
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