Benjamin Christensen
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Häxan (Swedish: [ˈhɛ̂ksan], "The Witch"; Danish and Norwegian Bokmål: Heksen, "The Witch"; English: The Witches; released in the US in 1968 as Witchcraft Through the Ages) is a 1922 silent horror essay film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen.
Häxan: Directed by Benjamin Christensen. With Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Oscar Stribolt. Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.
- (17K)
- Documentary, Fantasy, Horror
- Benjamin Christensen
- 1929-05-27
Sep 29, 2022 · Part documentary essay, part horror mood board, Häxan is an episodic film, which across seven chapters explores a range of beliefs and themes throughout the Western history of occultism, in ...
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Apr 29, 2024 · Scenes of grave robbing, demonic possession, torture, and general salaciousness dominated 1922's Häxan, an early documentary that lives on more than a century later as a cult classic. Movie ...
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Häxan. 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 and early modern era suffered from the same ills as psychiatric patients diagnosed with hysteria in the film's own time.
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Oct 21, 2023 · Häxan is a phenomenal visual experience, with foggy landscapes drenched in a thick layer of shadow populated by soulless demons and grotesque devils persisting throughout the runtime. The ...
Apr 11, 2018 · Referred to in English as The Witches or Witchcraft Through the Ages, Häxan is a Swedish-Danish film, a curious and groundbreaking mix of documentary and silent horror cinema, written and directed by Benjamin Christensen.
