Follows the lives of the Borgen family, as they deal with inner conflict, as well as religious conflict with each other, and the rest of the town.
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Hanne Aagesen | ... | Karen (uncredited) |
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Kirsten Andreasen | ... | (uncredited) |
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Sylvia Eckhausen | ... | Kirstin Petersen (uncredited) |
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Ejner Federspiel | ... | Peter Petersen (uncredited) |
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Ann Elisabeth Groth | ... | Maren Borgen (uncredited) |
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Emil Hass Christensen | ... | Mikkel Borgen (uncredited) |
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Cay Kristiansen | ... | Anders Borgen (uncredited) |
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Preben Lerdorff Rye | ... | Johannes Borgen (uncredited) |
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Henrik Malberg | ... | Morten Borgen (uncredited) |
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Gerda Nielsen | ... | Anne Petersen (uncredited) |
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Ove Rud | ... | Pastor (uncredited) |
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Susanne Rud | ... | Lilleinger Borgen (uncredited) |
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Henry Skjær | ... | The Doctor (uncredited) |
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Edith Trane | ... | Mette Maren (uncredited) |
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How do we understand faith and prayer, and what of miracles? August 1925 on a Danish farm. Widowed Patriarch Borgen, who's rather prominent in his community, has three sons: Mikkel, a good-hearted agnostic whose wife Inger is pregnant, Johannes, who believes he is Jesus, and Anders, young, slight, in love with the tailor's daughter. The fundamentalist sect of the girl's father is anathema to Borgen's traditional Lutheranism; he opposes the marriage until the tailor forbids it, then Borgen's pride demands that it happen. Unexpectedly, Inger, who is the family's sweetness and light, has problems with her pregnancy. The rational doctor arrives, and a long night brings sharp focus to at least four views of faith. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Peter Petersen: Yes. Words, words, you have them all right.
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Ranked number 65 non-English-speaking film in the critics' poll conducted by the BBC in 2018. See more »Quotes
Morten Borgen: And the rest of us, all the rest of us, we go straight down to hell to eternal torments, don't we? Yes, that's what you think, isn't it?Peter Petersen: Yes. Words, words, you have them all right.
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What is a miracle? A fantastic event created by a supernatural entity? The hallucination of a person with a strong belief? or simply an inexplicable wonder? This absolutely wonderful movie speaks about that from the complicated side of contemplation. After watching it everything is possible, every answer, every reason, every justification. The facts, are related with an enviable sense of modesty. Even a stauncher atheist would find miraculous this Dreyer's masterpiece. Obviously, the development of the story line is slow, determined and thoughtful. This movie requires full attention, full involvement from the audience who will give the answers: don't wait for them in this perfect example of cinema beyond our daily human way of life. By the way, this is not a religious movie as many people think.