Häxan
1922
But isn’t superstition still rampant among us?
- Benjamin Christensen
- 1h 45m
- September 18, 1922 · Sweden
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 18, 1922
- Original language
- Swedish
- Countries
- Sweden
- Production
- SF Studios,Aljosha Production Company
- Cast
- Benjamin Christensen,Ella La Cour,Emmy Schønfeld,Kate Fabian,Oscar Stribolt,Wilhelmine Henriksen,Elisabeth Christensen,Astrid Holm,Karen Winther,Maren Pedersenand 21 more
- Director
- Benjamin Christensen
- Writer
- Benjamin Christensen
- Cinematography
- Johan Ankerstjerne
- Music
- Launy Grøndahl
- Budget
- $220,000
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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