1920 · comedy · drama
The Parson's Widow
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer1h 33m1920
A newly elected village parson is required to marry his predecessor's widow. However, he's already married, and the woman is old enough to be his grandmother.
Our read: The Parson's Widow (1920) reads as a warm, steady, grounded comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Warm, steady, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
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