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Release, runtime and language
1920 · 94 mins
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Directed by
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Starring
Mathilde Nielsen, Greta Almroth, Hildur Carlberg, Kurt Welin, Einar Röd, Emil Helsengreen

After being chosen by his tight‑knit village to serve as parson, the young clergyman discovers that his first duty is to wed his predecessor’s widow. The arrangement is awkward—she is old enough to be his grandmother—and he is already committed to another woman, creating a painful conflict between duty, tradition and love.

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