Häxan (1922)
Häxan (1922)


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Cast & Crew.

Benjamin Christensen
Devil / Director / Writer

Ella La Cour
Karna, Sorceress

Emmy Schønfeld
Karna's Assistant

Kate Fabian
Old Maid

Oscar Stribolt
Fat Monk

Wilhelmine Henriksen
Apelone, a Poor Old Woman

Elisabeth Christensen
Anna's Mother

Astrid Holm
Anna

Karen Winther
Anna's Sister

Maren Pedersen
Maria the Weaver, a Witch

Johannes Andersen
Pater Henrik, Witch Judge

Elith Pio
Johannes, Witch Judge

Aage Hertel
Witch Judge

Ib Schønberg
Witch Judge

Holst Jørgensen
Peter Titta

Clara Pontoppidan
Sister Cecilia, Nun

Else Vermehren
Flagellating Nun

Alice O'Fredericks
Nun

Gerda Madsen
Nun

Karina Bell
Nun

Tora Teje
Modern Hysteric and Kleptomaniac

Poul Reumert
Jeweler

Matti Bye
Composer

H.C. Nielsen
Jeweler's Assistant

Daniel Humair
Composer

Albrecht Schmidt
Psychiatrist

Barði Jóhannsson
Composer

Knud Rassow
Anatomist

Ellen Rassow
Maid

Frederik Christensen
Citizen

Henry Seemann
Citizen

Karen Caspersen
Unidentified

Holger Pedersen
Unidentified

John Andersen
Chief Inquisitor

Johan Ankerstjerne
Director of Photography

Richard Louw
Set Decoration / Art Direction

Edla Hansen
Editor

Lise Mathiesen
Art Department Assistant

Helge Norél
Art Department Assistant

Launy Grøndahl
Original Music Composer
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Details.
Release DateSeptember 18, 1922
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Budget$220,000
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Häxan (Swedish: [ˈhɛ̂ksan], The Witch; Heksen Danish: [hɛksən], The Witch; English: The Witches; released in the US in 1968 as Witchcraft Through the Ages) is a 1922 Swedish-Danish silent horror essay film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen. Consisting partly of documentary-style storytelling as well as dramatized narrative sequences, the film purports to chart the historical roots and superstitions surrounding witchcraft, beginning in the Middle Ages through the 20th century. Based partly on Christensen's own study of the Malleus Maleficarum, a 15th-century German guide for inquisitors, Häxan proposes that such witch-hunts may have stemmed from misunderstandings of mental or neurological disorders, triggering mass hysteria.
The movie was produced by Swedish AB Svensk Filmindustri but shot in Denmark in 1920–1921. With Christensen's meticulous recreation of medieval scenes and its lengthy production period, the film was the most expensive Scandinavian silent film ever made at the time, costing nearly two million Swedish kronor. Although it received some positive reception in Denmark and Sweden, censors in countries such as Germany, France, and the United States objected to what were considered at that time graphic depictions of torture, nudity, and sexual perversion, as well as anti-clericalism.
In 1968, Metro Pictures Corporation re-edited and re-released Häxan in the US under the title Witchcraft Through the Ages. This version includes an English-language narration by William S. Burroughs. The original Swedish-language version of Häxan has undergone three restorations by the Swedish Film Institute, carried out in 1976, 2007 and 2016. Since its initial release, Häxan has received praise for its combination of documentary-style and narrative storytelling, as well as its visual imagery, and has been called Christensen's masterpiece.
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