- Includes both versions of the film: Haxan (1922) - a new, speed-corrected digital trandfer of the Swedish Film Institutes's corrected tinted restoration and Witchcraft Through The Ages (1968) - the 74 minute version of Haxan, narrated by William S. Burroughs, with a soundtrack featuring Jean-Luc Ponty
- Music from the original Danish premiere
- Director Benjamin Christensen's introduction to the 1941 re-release
- A short selection of outtakes
- Bibliotheque Diabolique: a photographic exploration of Christensen's historical sources
Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages (Criterion Collection) (1922) On DVD
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Actor : Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio
Director: Benjamin Christensen
Genre: Documentary
Year: 1922
Studio: Criterion Collection, The
Length: 91
Released: October 16, 2001
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Color
Language: Swedish
Subtitles : English, Swedish
DESCRIPTION:
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. The Criterion Collection is proud to present two versions of this genre-defying "documentary," for the first time ever on DVD.
Special Features:
Actor : Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio
Director: Benjamin Christensen
Genre: Documentary
Year: 1922
Studio: Criterion Collection, The
Length: 91
Released: October 16, 2001
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Color
Language: Swedish
Subtitles : English, Swedish
DESCRIPTION:
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. The Criterion Collection is proud to present two versions of this genre-defying "documentary," for the first time ever on DVD.
Special Features:
- Includes both versions of the film: Haxan (1922) - a new, speed-corrected digital trandfer of the Swedish Film Institutes's corrected tinted restoration and Witchcraft Through The Ages (1968) - the 74 minute version of Haxan, narrated by William S. Burroughs, with a soundtrack featuring Jean-Luc Ponty
- Music from the original Danish premiere
- Director Benjamin Christensen's introduction to the 1941 re-release
- A short selection of outtakes
- Bibliotheque Diabolique: a photographic exploration of Christensen's historical sources
| Product Name | Haxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages (Criterion Collection) (1922) On DVD |
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