Love's Crucible
At the end of the middle ages, Ursula is accused of having poisoned her own husband. She claims she is innocent, but to prove it, she must submit to a ritual: trial by fire, walking on fire along a path leading directly to a crucifix. A film that has been much commended for the visual creativity shown by the director in successive blending in of images involving Ursula, her husband, the Virgin Mary, and Jesus Christ. Much applauded, also: the performance of Jenny Hasselqvist, thus described by French director René Clair: “We shall never forget her flaming eyes, the severity of her spirit, her abrupt and alarmed expressions, like an animal under threat.”
Cast
Jenny Hasselqvist
as Ursula
Ivan Hedqvist
as Anton
Tore Svennberg
as Mayor
Gösta Ekman
as Bertram
Knut Lindroth
as
Waldemar Wohlström
as
Nils Asther
as Apprentice
Torsten Bergström
as The Herald
Nils Lundell
as Agitator
Edvin Adolphson
as Man at the inn
