Häxan
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.
Cast
Benjamin Christensen
as Devil
Ella La Cour
as Karna, Sorceress
Emmy Schønfeld
as Karna's Assistant
Kate Fabian
as Old Maid
Oscar Stribolt
as Fat Monk
Wilhelmine Henriksen
as Apelone, a Poor Old Woman
Elisabeth Christensen
as Anna's Mother
Astrid Holm
as Anna
Karen Winther
as Anna's Sister
Maren Pedersen
as Maria the Weaver, a Witch
Reviews
CinemaSerf
Next time you look around and wonder where all the sparrows have gone, just be thankful you didn't live in a time where their bodies were pulverised to make a potion to ward off evil spirits! That's just one of the examples cited in this interestingly whacky look at all things devilish and malevolen...
