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-->''And yet again the heart of the pendulum struck and proclaimed the commandment: THOU SHALT HONOR THY WIFE!''
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-->''And yet again the heart of the pendulum struck and proclaimed the commandment: THOU SHALT HONOR THY WIFE!''WIFE!''
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* ADayInHerApron: The whole premise, as detailed above.
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* ADayInHerApron: The whole premise, as detailed above.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Ida spends the early part of the film quietly enduring Vitkor's bullshit. She has to be pursued to see how badly she is being treated.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Ida spends the early part of the film quietly enduring Vitkor's bullshit. She has to be pursued persuaded to see how badly she is being treated.
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* ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: The Frandsen children consist of a girl (Karen), a boy (Frederik), and a baby (NoNameGiven).
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* SecondFaceSmoke: When Mads reminisces about spanking Viktor as a child, he responds by blowing smoke in her face.
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* SecondFaceSmoke: When Mads reminisces about spanking Viktor as a child, he responds by blowing smoke in her face.face.
* TimeOut: Viktor decides Frederik is playing too much and forces him to stand in a corner as punishment. Mads eventually gets her wish to inflict the same punishment on Viktor.
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-->''And yet again the heart of the pendulum struck and proclaimed the commandment: THOU SHALT HONOR THY WIFE!''
* TimeOut: Viktor decides Frederik is playing too much and forces him to stand in a corner as punishment. Mads eventually gets her wish to inflict the same punishment on Viktor.
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-->''And yet again the heart of the pendulum struck and proclaimed the commandment: THOU SHALT HONOR THY WIFE!''
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* ExtremeDoormat: Ida spends the early part of the film quietly enduring Vitkor's bullshit. She has to be pursued to see how badly she is being treated.
* FreudianExcuse: The reason for Vitkor's behavior is that he's embittered about losing his business.
* FreudianExcuse: The reason for Vitkor's behavior is that he's embittered about losing his business.
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* MistakenForCheating: Viktor suspects Ida of cheating on him with a man named Eriksen. Turns out Eriksen is an old man in a wheelchair whom Ida was helping out.
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* MistakenForCheating: Viktor suspects Ida of cheating on him with a man named Eriksen. Turns out Eriksen is an old man in a wheelchair whom Ida was helping out.out.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Inverted. Viktor doesn't get along with Ida's mother, but in this case, the mother-in-law is portrayed as being in the right.
* SecondFaceSmoke: When Mads reminisces about spanking Viktor as a child, he responds by blowing smoke in her face.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Inverted. Viktor doesn't get along with Ida's mother, but in this case, the mother-in-law is portrayed as being in the right.
* SecondFaceSmoke: When Mads reminisces about spanking Viktor as a child, he responds by blowing smoke in her face.
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* BanisterSlide: Frederik is briefly shown doing this.
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* {{Housewife}}: Ida is one, of course. And Viktor learns what it's like to be one.
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''Master of the House'' (Danish title: ''Du skal ære din hustru'', meaning "Thou Shalt Honour Thy Wife") is a 1925 Danish silent film directed by Creator/CarlTheodorDreyer. It's based on the play ''Tyrannens fald'' by Svend Rindom.
Viktor Frandsen is an entitled dick towards his long-suffering wife Ida and their three children. But then, his old nanny Mads decides to teach him a lesson about what it's like to be a harried housewife.
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!!This film has the examples of:
* ADayInHerApron: The whole premise, as detailed above.
* TheDiaperChange: At one point, Viktor has to change the baby's diaper.
* MistakenForCheating: Viktor suspects Ida of cheating on him with a man named Eriksen. Turns out Eriksen is an old man in a wheelchair whom Ida was helping out.
Viktor Frandsen is an entitled dick towards his long-suffering wife Ida and their three children. But then, his old nanny Mads decides to teach him a lesson about what it's like to be a harried housewife.
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!!This film has the examples of:
* ADayInHerApron: The whole premise, as detailed above.
* TheDiaperChange: At one point, Viktor has to change the baby's diaper.
* MistakenForCheating: Viktor suspects Ida of cheating on him with a man named Eriksen. Turns out Eriksen is an old man in a wheelchair whom Ida was helping out.
