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The Crucible

1996, Movie, 2h 4min

Adapted by Arthur Miller from his own acclaimed play, this searing drama of persecution and betrayal—often read as an allegory for the McCarthy trials of the 1950s, but possessed of an evergreen resonance—makes the leap from stage to screen with vivid intensity thanks to a powerhouse cast. In seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, a group of young women are accused of practicing witchcraft after an occult rendezvous in the woods. Led by Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder)—who is consumed by hatred for the wife (Joan Allen) of her ex-lover (Daniel Day-Lewis)—the accused turn their fear and rage outward as hysteria sweeps through the town.

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Reviews

Critic Philip Thomas

rated

The facts, are simple, if astonishing. In the puritanical, superstitious world of 17th century America, several young girls, started behaving strangely (...) the physicians concluded that Satan was to blame...

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Michael Thomsen

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Godt Arthur Miller skuespil, solid filmatisering.

3 years ago

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A group of young women in 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts, are discovered practicing witchcraft, leading to a wave of hysteria and accusations that threaten to tear the community apart. As the girls name more and more innocent victims, including Elizabeth Proctor, the wife of a former lover, the community becomes increasingly divided, and the line between truth and lies becomes dangerously blurred. The Proctors, along with others accused, must navigate the treacherous waters of the witch trials, where the stakes are life and death. Will justice prevail, or will the hysteria consume them all?