The Word (1943 film)

{{Short description|1943 Swedish drama film}}

{{About|the 1943 Swedish film|the 1955 Danish film|Ordet}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Word

| image = A-scene-from-the-film-Ordet-The-Word-with-Stig-Olin-as-And-142364732131.jpg

| caption = Still with Stig Olin and Inga Landgré

| director = Gustaf Molander

| producer =

| based_on = {{based on|Ordet|Kaj Munk}}

| writer = Rune Lindström

| starring = Victor Sjöström
Holger Löwenadler
Rune Lindström

| music =

| cinematography = Gösta Roosling

| editing = Oscar Rosander

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1943|12|26|df=yes}}

| runtime = 108 minutes

| country = Sweden

| language = Swedish

}}

The Word ({{langx|sv|Ordet}}) is a 1943 Swedish drama film directed by Gustaf Molander, based on the 1925 play of the same name by Kaj Munk. It preceded the far more well-known adaptation by Carl Th. Dreyer by more than a decade.