Sweden / Denmark,
1922, 122 min
(Special edition: 104 min)
Directed by:
Benjamin ChristensenScreenplay:
Benjamin ChristensenCinematography:
Johan AnkerstjerneCast:
Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Oscar Stribolt, Tora Teje, Benjamin Christensen, Poul Reumert, Karen Winther, Kate Fabian, Else Vermehren (more)VOD (3)
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Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen’s legendary silent 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. Far from a dry dissertation on the topic, the film itself is a witches’ brew of the scary, the gross, and the darkly humorous. Christensen’s mix-and-match approach to genre anticipates gothic horror, documentary re-creation, and the essay film, making for an experience unlike anything else in the history of cinema. (Criterion)
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