Häxan : ett kulturhistorist föredrag i levande bilder i 7 avdelningar / Benjamin Christensen framställde denna film i manuskript = The witch : a presentation from a cultural and historical point of view in 7 chapters of moving pictures / Benjamin Christen wrote the script and produced this film
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 105 minutes) : sound, black & white
Summary
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
Notes
Title from title frames
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1922
Credits
Cinematographer, Johan Ankerstjerne ; art director, Richard Louw
Notes
Silent film with music, Swedish intertitles, English subtitles
