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Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages

Häxan

1922

Benjamin Christensen

Documentary, Self: Elisabeth Christensen, Benjamin Christensen, Kate Fabian ...

7.6

3,674

Documentary. Horror A historical view of witchcraft in seven parts and a variety of styles. First, there is a slide-show alternating inter-titles with drawings and paintings to illustrate the behavior of pagan cultures in the Middle Ages regarding their vision of demons and witches. Then there is a dramatization of the situation of the witches in the Middle Ages, witchcraft and witch-hunts. Finally the film compares the behavior of hysteria of contemporary ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Variety	"Swedish and Danish pictures easily hold the palm for morbid realism and in many cases for brilliant acting and production. Witchcraft made by [Danish director] Benjamin Christensen [funded by a Swedish production company], leaves all the others beaten."	POS
United States	Ciara Wardlow Film School Rejects	"Part docudrama of the history of witchcraft, part social commentary, this indefinable film laces incredibly disturbing imagery with pitch black humor. You will have nightmares and also laugh. "	POS

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