Since the failure of his small business Victor has become a household tyrant constantly complaining and criticising his long-suffering family. The saintly forbearance of his wife Ida (the enchanting Astrid Holm) seems only to drive Victor to ever more petty and vindictive acts of domestic tyranny. His behaviour is watched with increasing fury by his old nanny Mads who finally persuades Ida to go to her mother's for a much-needed rest. Left at the mercy of the formidable Mads Vi
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Victor Fransden (Johannes Meyer) is a businessman who takes out all his frustrations on his wife, Ida (Astrid Holm), and family. Ida accepts Victor's abuse and fault-finding until one day Victor's former nanny (Mathilde Nielsen) decides that she cannot bear to watch any more. She persuades Ida to leave Victor, and forces the erring husband to undertake all the household chores himself in an attempt to make him see the error of his ways. Carl Dreyer's silent classic was very popular in France and led to him being commissioned to make his masterpiece, 'The Passion of Joan of Arc', three years later.
The failure of his business prompts a man to become a household tyrant. After having driven his wife away to stay with relatives his elderly nanny takes control. Only then does he come to appreciate the value of his wife.
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