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Cast

Birgitte Federspiel, Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Ejner Federspiel View All


Crew

Carl Theodor Dreyer (Screenplay), Carl Theodor Dreyer (Director), Kaj Munk (Story) View All

Release: Jan. 9th, 1955
Runtime: 2 hours, 5 minutes
The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have widely disparate religious beliefs. Youngest son Anders shares his father's religion, but eldest son Mikkel has lost his faith, while middle child Johannes has become delusional and proclaims that he is Jesus Christ himself. When Mikkel's wife, Inger goes into a difficult childbirth, everyone's beliefs are put to the test.
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Takoma11
As Inger languishes, characters not only have different outlooks on how to regard her situation (including the town doctor, who at one point bluntly asks something to the effect of, "What do you think helps more: your praying or my medicine?.
mark f
Morten believes in a God who wants his family to be happy and rejoice, and he believes that Peter is just suffering through life and can't wait for death to find some reward.
Diehl40
The movie presents at least four views toward faith: the fundamentalist, a dogmatic view of the Lutheran faith, the non faith of the agnostic, and a man who struggles as much with his sanity as he strugles with his faith.


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