Häxan
Häxan
“ But isn’t superstition still rampant among us? ”
CINEMA1922-09-18
DIGITAL2018-02-22
RegionSE / DK
Runtime105 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES

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...

DIRECTOR / Director
Benjamin ChristensenCast & Crew
KEYWORDS
witchsuperstitioninsanitymysticsorceryhysteriasatanblack and whitetorturedevildemonwitchcraftmental illnessmiddle ages 476-1453silent filmsatanic ritualfound footagelove potionspellcastingburned at the stakefolk horroraccusationnervous disorder





















