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.
Direction
Dreyer's camera moves like breath itself—barely there, then devastating
Acting
Preben Lerdorff Rye's Johannes: terrifying, tender, possibly holy
Director
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dreyer adapted his own 1932 stage play, keeping the theatrical single-room claustrophobia that makes the farm feel like a pressure cooker of belief.
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