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Häxan
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.
1922 · Directed by Benjamin Christensen · 105 min · Documentary · Horror · History · 18 frames
Tagline
But isn’t superstition still rampant among us?
Crew
- Written by: Benjamin Christensen
- Cinematography: Johan Ankerstjerne
- Edited by: Edla Hansen
- Music: Launy Grøndahl
Cast
- Benjamin Christensen as Devil
- Ella La Cour as Karna / Sorceress
- Emmy Schønfeld as Karna's Assistant
- Kate Fabian as Old Maid
- Oscar Stribolt as Fat Monk
- Wilhelmine Henriksen as Apelone / A Poor Old Woman
- Elisabeth Christensen as Anna's Mother
- Astrid Holm as Anna
- Karen Winther as Anna's Sister
- Maren Pedersen as Maria the Weaver / A Witch
Production
- Country: Sweden
- Language: No Language
- Studios: Aljosha Production Company, SF Studios
- Budget: $220,000
- Themes: witch, superstition, insanity, mystic, sorcery, hysteria, satan, black and white, torture, devil
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