Häxan
- Released on
- Runtime
- 105 mins
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.
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.
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
Director
- Benjamin Christensen
