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Plot

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 ... read more

  • Benjamin Christensen

    Director

  • Benjamin Christensen

    Writer

  • Johan Ankerstjerne

    Director of Photography

  • Edla Hansen

    Editor

  • Benjamin Christensen

    Devil

  • Ella La Cour

    Karna, Sorceress

  • Emmy Schønfeld

    Karna's Assistant

  • Kate Fabian

    Old Maid

  • Oscar Stribolt

    Fat Monk

  • Wilhelmine Henriksen

    Apelone, a Poor Old Woman

  • Elisabeth Christensen

    Anna's Mother

  • Astrid Holm

    Anna

  • Karen Winther

    Anna's Sister

  • Maren Pedersen

    Maria the Weaver, a Witch

  • Johannes Andersen

    Pater Henrik, Witch Judge

  • Elith Pio

    Johannes, Witch Judge

  • Aage Hertel

    Witch Judge

  • Ib Schønberg

    Witch Judge

  • Holst Jørgensen

    Peter Titta

  • Clara Pontoppidan

    Sister Cecilia, Nun

  • Else Vermehren

    Flagellating Nun

  • Alice O'Fredericks

    Nun

  • Gerda Madsen

    Nun

  • Karina Bell

    Nun

  • Tora Teje

    Modern Hysteric and Kleptomaniac

  • Poul Reumert

    Jeweler

  • H.C. Nielsen

    Jeweler's Assistant

  • Albrecht Schmidt

    Psychiatrist

  • Knud Rassow

    Anatomist

  • Ellen Rassow

    Maid

  • Frederik Christensen

    Citizen

  • Henry Seemann

    Citizen

  • Karen Caspersen

    Unidentified

  • Holger Pedersen

    Unidentified

  • John Andersen

    Chief Inquisitor

  • Runtime

    105 minutes

    Released

    1922-09-18

    Languages

    No Language

    Countries

    Sweden

    Studios

    Aljosha Production Company

    SF Studios

    Sound

  • Launy Grøndahl

    Original Music Composer

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Music

  • Updated

    32 days ago

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