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Leaves from Satan's Book (1920)

2h 37m

Running Time

November 15, 1920
Release Date

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Leaves from Satan's Book (1920)

Name: Leaves from Satan's Book
Genre: Drama, Horror, History, Fantasy
Released: 1920-11-15

2h 37m

Running Time

November 15, 1920
Release Date

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Plot.

The power of Satan is highlighted in four historical tales: the betrayal and subsequent arrest of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the execution of Marie Antoinette, and the Finnish War of Independence in 1918.

Where to Watch.

Subs

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Cast & Crew.

Johannes Meyer

Don Fernandez (second sequence)

Helge Nissen

Satan / The Grand Inquisitor / Erneste / Ivan

Halvard Hoff

Jesus (first sequence)

Jacob Texiere

Judas (first sequence) (as Jacob Texière)

Hallander Helleman

Don Gomez de Castro (second sequence)

Ebon Strandin

Isabel - Castro's Daughter (second sequence)

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Director / Writer

George Schnéevoigt

Director of Photography

Edgar Høyer

Writer

Marie Corelli

Novel

Viggo Wiehe

Count de Chambord (third sequence)

Emma Wiehe

The Countess of Chambord (third sequence)

Philip Carli

Composer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
November 15, 1920

Original Name
Blade af Satans Bog

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 37m

Genres
Drama Horror History Fantasy

Last updated: 2024-11-19

Wiki.

Leaves from Satan's Book, also known as Leaves Out of the Book of Satan (Danish: Blade af Satans bog), is a 1920 Danish fantasy film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and starring Helge Nissen as Satan. This was only the third film directed by Dreyer, who later went on to create such classics as Vampyr (1932) and The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928). The film is structured much like D.W. Griffith's Intolerance (1916) with its episodic nature while evoking F. W. Murnau's Satan (1920). The film ran 157 minutes, but sources list the DVD's running time at 121 minutes.

Troy Howarth states "If not for the presence of Satan, (this film) wouldn't warrant inclusion in a study of the horror genre; in truth it's more of a quaint pageant play than a horror film....The cast emotes to a degree too theatrical for even silent cinema."