The Crucible
About The Crucible
A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.
Nicholas Hytner's The Crucible is a 1996 history film. The film is filed under curse, 17th century, disheartening, and massachusetts.
Daniel Day-Lewis takes the lead as John Proctor, Winona Ryder as Abigail Williams, Paul Scofield as Judge Thomas Danforth, and Joan Allen as Elizabeth Proctor. At 123 minutes long, it arrived in November 1996.
The screenplay is by Arthur Miller. The story is adapted from a stage production. In the United States it streams on BroadwayHD and Broadway HD Amazon Channel.
The Lords of Salem, Salem Witch Trials, and Into the Woods make useful companions to The Crucible, all filed under salem witch trials. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 578 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.