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Writer:
Benjamin Christensen (writer)
Release Date:
27 May 1929 (USA)
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Benjamin Christensens stora film.
Plot:
A documentary about the history of witchcraft, told in a variety of styles, from illustrated slideshow...
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Atmospheric, nightmarish, and even a bit silly
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Maren Pedersen | ... | Heksen / The Witch | |
| Clara Pontoppidan | ... | Nonne / Nun | |
| Elith Pio | ... | Heksedommer / Witch Judge (The Young Monk) | |
| Oscar Stribolt | ... | Graabroder / Doctor (The Fat Monk) | |
| Tora Teje | ... | En hysterisk kvinde / Modern Hysteric (The Kelptomaniac) | |
| John Andersen | ... | Chief Inquisitor (as Johs Andersen) | |
| Benjamin Christensen | ... | Djævlen / The Devil | |
| Poul Reumert | ... | Juveler / Jeweler | |
| Karen Winther | ... | Anna | |
| Kate Fabian | ... | Gammel jomfru / Old Maid | |
| Else Vermehren | ... | Nonne / Nun | |
| Astrid Holm | ... | Anna | |
| Johannes Andersen | ... | Heksedommer / Witch Judge | |
| Gerda Madsen | ... | Nonne / Nun | |
| Aage Hertel | ... | Heksedommer / Witch Judge |
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Also Known As:
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (USA) (DVD box title)
Heksen (Denmark)
The Witches (USA)
Witchcraft Through the Ages (International: English title) (short version)
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Heksen (Denmark)
The Witches (USA)
Witchcraft Through the Ages (International: English title) (short version)
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Runtime:
Sweden:87 min | USA:77 min (1968 re-release) | 104 min (DVD version) | Argentina:87 min
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Black and White (Sepiatone)
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When the film was re-released in Demark in 1941, Benjamin Christensen considered removing the modern-day sequences from the film. Inevitably, the film was released with the modern scenes intact.
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Continuity: The kleptomaniac and the jeweler enter through a door on the right-hand side of the room. In the next shot, they are standing on the left side on the room, and the objects on the shelf behind them have changed position. The shot in which they enter is flipped (look closely at the buttons on the actors' clothes).
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Directed by Scandinavian filmmaker Benjamin Christensen, Haxan' / Witchcraft Through the Ages' (1922) is a head-trippy silent film depicting black magic, witchcraft, and demonology from the middle ages to the 20th century. Shot and presented in documentary form, the film is more akin to a pseudo-scholarly lecture with moving visual aids. Not as intense or as shocking today as upon its initial release, the film is filled with nightmarish images that are certainly profane and explicit, but also humorous and downright silly.
Yes, sex goes hand-in-hand with Satan, and Christensen's flamboyant portrayal of the aforementioned character, complete with flicking, wanton tongue, drives home the point (well, that and a peppering of nudity). Unique to say the least, Haxan' is a rather weird curio of a film with some incredibly atmospheric, somewhat graphic images, esp. for that era.
The Criterion dvd includes the silent original and the 1968 re-release with an electric jazz-fusion score by Jean Luc Ponty and narration by William S. Burroughs. Burroughs' voice is a treat in itself, and the jazz-fusion score is absolutely frenetic. --- david ross smith