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Master of the House [Criterion Collection] ()

directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
featuring Astrid Holm, Karin Nellemose, Johannes Meyer, Mathilde Nielsen, Clara Schonfeld

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Originally titled Du Skal Aere Din Hustru, Master of the House was also released as Thou Shalt Honor Thy Wife. By any title, the film was arguably the most successful Scandinavian film of the silent era, playing to turn-away business throughout Europe. Based on a play by Sven Rindon, the film centers upon Johannes Meyer, an insensitive bully who browbeats his wife and children beyond all reason. The big jerk is taught a lesson by his own nanny, now an aging crone, who begins giving him a dose of his own medicine. This ...

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