The Parson's Widow (1920)
- Original title
- Prästänkan
- Directed by
- Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Genre
- silent film, comedy drama
- Country
- Sweden
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 47 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man becomes a village parson but must marry the old widow of the previous parson as part of the job. He schemes to get rid of her while she quietly outwits him.
lightheartedsatiricalgentleslowwhimsicalatmosphericquiet
What happens
The Parson's Widow (Swedish: Prästänkan), a.k.a. The Witch Woman, is a 1920 Swedish comedy drama film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. The silent film is based on a story Prestekonen by Kristofer Janson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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