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Häxan
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Title: Häxan

Release Date: 18 Sep 1922

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Documentary, Horror, History

Director: Aljosha Production Company, SF Studios

Production Companies: Aljosha Production Company, SF Studios

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.

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Average Vote: 7.6 (381 votes)

Cast

  • Devil: Benjamin Christensen
  • Karna, Sorceress: Ella La Cour
  • Karna's Assistant: Emmy Schønfeld
  • Old Maid: Kate Fabian
  • Fat Monk: Oscar Stribolt
  • Apelone, a Poor Old Woman: Wilhelmine Henriksen
  • Anna's Mother: Elisabeth Christensen
  • Anna: Astrid Holm
  • Anna's Sister: Karen Winther
  • Maria the Weaver, a Witch: Maren Pedersen
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