Häxjakten

The Crucible

Utsökt scenografi, gripande dramatik, intelligent manus och bra skådespelare tar ”Häxjakten” en bra bit längre än Blåkulla.

As vividly imagined as The Crucible is, it's up to the actors to animate the stern Puritan cadences of Miller's dialogue. They bring it off spectacularly.

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...

At the center of the story of “The Crucible” is one moment of unguarded lust, in which a good man named John Proctor (Daniel Day-Lewis) commits adultery with a saucy wench named Abigail Williams (Winona Ryder), his servant girl.

...[with]superb cinematography and sensitive acting...