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Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages

Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages

Criterion/Voyager (Sep 18, 1922)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
037429161722
Documentary | Horror | Silent
Denmark | English | Black & White | 01:27

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.


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Maren Pedersen Heksen (The Witch)
Clara Pontoppidan Nonne (Nun)
Elith Pio Heksedommer (Witch Judge - The Young Monk)
Oscar Stribolt Graabroder (Gray Monk)
Tora Teje En hysterisk kvinde (Hysterical Woman)
John Andersen Chief Inquisitor
Benjamin Christensen Djævlen (The Devil)
Poul Reumert Juveler (Jeweler)
Karen Winther Anna's Sister
Kate Fabian Gammel jomfru (Old Maid)
Else Vermehren Nonne (Nun)
Astrid Holm Anna
Johannes Andersen Heksedommer (Witch Judge)
Gerda Madsen Nonne
Aage Hertel Heksedommer (Witch Judge)
Ib Schønberg Heksedommer (Witch Judge)
Emmy Schønfeld Marie - The Seamstress
Frederik Christensen Borger (Citizen)
Ella La Cour Troldkvinde (Magician)
Elisabeth Christensen En ældre bondekone (Older Farm Lady)
Henry Seemann Borger (Citizen)
Alice O'Fredericks Nonne (Nun)
Knud Rassow Anatomen
Ellen Rassow En tjenestepige (Maid)
Holst Jørgensen Ole Kighul

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Edition details

Edition Special Edition
Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital 5.0 [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Subtitles English | Swedish
Distributor Criterion Collection
Layers Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date Oct 16, 2001
Regions Region 1