The Parson's Widow
Venue
Address
Origin
Sweden
Original name
Prästänkan
Entry
CZK 120
Event website
Venue's website
Length
80 min.
Director
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Release
1920
Rating
73 %
Cast
Greta Almroth, Mathilde Nielsen, Emil Helsengreen, Kurt Welin, Hildur Carlberg
A young man is elected by a small village to be its parson. As part of his duties, he is required to marry the widow of the parson before him. This poses two problems--first, the widow is old enough to be his grandmother, and second, he is already engaged to another woman.