Häxan (1922)

Häxan (Danish title: Heksen; English title: The Witches or Witchcraft Through The Ages) is a 1922 Swedish/Danish silent horror film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen. Based partly on Christensen's study of the Malleus Maleficarum, a 15th-century German guide for inquisitors, Häxan is a study of how superstition and the misunderstanding of diseases and mental illness could lead to the hysteria of the witch-hunts. The film was made as a documentary but contains dramatized sequences that are comparable to horror films.

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Cast:

• Johannes Andersen
• John Andersen
• Benjamin Christensen
• Elisabeth Christensen
• Frederik Christensen
• Emmy Schønfeld
• Kate Fabian
• Aage Hertel
• Astrid Holm
• Holst Jørgensen
• Ib Schønberg
• Ella La Cour
• Gerda Madsen
• H.C. Nielsen
• Alice O'Fredericks
• Maren Pedersen
• Elith Pio
• Clara Pontoppidan
• Ellen Rassow
• Knud Rassow
• Poul Reumert
• Albrecht Schmidt
• Henry Seemann
• Oscar Stribolt
• Tora Teje
• Else Vermehren
• Karen Winther