Häxan

Name: Häxan
Uploaded: 1922-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 105 min
Description: 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.

7.62
January 1922
105 min

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.

Type:
MOVIE
Country:
Genres:
Documentary, Horror, History
Release:
September 1922
Production:
Aljosha Production Company, SF Studios
Cast:
Benjamin Christensen, Ella La Cour, Emmy Schønfeld, Kate Fabian, Oscar Stribolt, Wilhelmine Henriksen, Elisabeth Christensen, Astrid Holm, Karen Winther, Maren Pedersen, Johannes Andersen, Elith Pio, Aage Hertel, Ib Schønberg, Holst Jørgensen, Clara Pontoppidan, Else Vermehren, Alice O'Fredericks, Gerda Madsen, Karina Bell, Tora Teje, Poul Reumert, H.C. Nielsen, Albrecht Schmidt, Knud Rassow, Ellen Rassow, Frederik Christensen, Henry Seemann, Karen Caspersen, Holger Pedersen, John Andersen
Tags:
witch, superstition, insanity, mystic, sorcery, hysteria, satan, black and white, torture, devil, demon, witchcraft, mental illness, middle ages (476-1453), silent film, satanic ritual, love potion, spellcasting, burned at the stake, folk horror, accusation, nervous disorder

Häxan

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