Häxan

Häxan

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But isn’t superstition still rampant among us?

CINEMA1922-09-18
DIGITAL2018-02-22
RegionSE / DK
Runtime105 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Optimum Productions

Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original

“The revolutionary 1922 silent masterpiece forensically dramatizing medieval witchcraft and mass hysteria.”

Storyline

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' br...

Benjamin Christensen
DIRECTOR / Director
Benjamin Christensen

KEYWORDS

witchsuperstitioninsanitymysticsorceryhysteriasatanblack and whitetorturedevildemonwitchcraftmental illnessmiddle ages 476-1453silent filmsatanic ritualfound footagelove potionspellcastingburned at the stakefolk horroraccusationnervous disorder