Häxan poster
Director Benjamin Christensen
Writer Benjamin Christensen

Häxan

Release Date: 1922-09-18

Duration: 105 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Ib Schønberg
    Witch Judge
  • Benjamin Christensen
    Devil
  • Gerda Madsen
    Nun
  • Elith Pio
    Johannes, Witch Judge
  • Alice O'Fredericks
    Nun
  • Astrid Holm
    Anna
  • Clara Pontoppidan
    Sister Cecilia, Nun
  • Kate Fabian
    Old Maid
  • Karina Bell
    Nun
  • H.C. Nielsen
    Jeweler's Assistant