The Crucible
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1996 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Nicholas Hytner |
| Cast | Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison |
| Genre | Historical drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Crucible | – |
| Español | El crisol | El crisol |
| Français | La Chasse aux sorcières | La Chasse aux sorcieres |
| Deutsch | Hexenjagd | Hexenjagd |
| Português | As Bruxas de Salem | As Bruxas de Salem |
| Italiano | La seduzione del male | La seduzione del male |
| Русский | Суровое испытание | Surovoe ispytanie |
| 中文（简体） | 激情年代 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 激情年代 | – |
| 한국어 | 크루서블 | Keuruseobeul |
| ไทย | – | – |
| Tiếng Việt | The Crucible | The Crucible |
| Bahasa Indonesia | The Crucible | The Crucible |
| 日本語 | クルーシブル | Kurūshiburu |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which public hysteria and private conscience collide within a theocratic accusation system
■ Synopsis
During the Salem witch trials, accusation, fear, desire, and moral integrity converge into a social mechanism of persecution.
■ RECIPE Tags
#MassHysteria #Conscience #FalseAccusation #MoralIntegrity #Persecution
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Can accusation become social power?
Reason: Private motives gain public force once fear turns testimony into authority.
Related Film: The Hunt - Middle: Can conscience survive institutional terror?
Reason: Truth becomes dangerous when the system rewards confession and punishes integrity.
Related Film: A Man for All Seasons - Core: Can a person preserve the self by refusing a saving lie?
Reason: The final conflict turns survival itself into a test of name, truth, and moral identity.
Related Film: Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
■ Secondary Axes
- Ideological purge: Collective fear becomes a mechanism for removing inconvenient people.
Related Film: Good Night, and Good Luck - Public shame: Reputation becomes a weapon that converts private sin into collective judgment.
Related Film: The Scarlet Letter
■ Person
- Director: Nicholas Hytner
- Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield, Joan Allen, Bruce Davison
■ Structural Tags
#AccusationStructure #PersecutionStructure #ConscienceTrialStructure
■ Attribute Tags
#1996Film #AmericanFilm #PlayAdaptation
