Häxan
1922 · Movie · 105 min · ★ 7.6 · 86% critics
A provocative, chapter-like mix of lecture and reenactment explores medieval beliefs about witchcraft, possession, and the fear that fueled accusations and punishment. Moving between grim history and grotesque, darkly funny spectacle, it argues that what people once called sorcery often reflected misunderstanding, social control, and human psychology.
Also known as The Witches · Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages · Witchcaft Through the Ages · Haxan
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Details
- Years
- 1922
- Release date
- 1922-09-18
- Language
- Swedish
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 86/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (435 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a surreal, unsettling blend of horror and history that’s as macabre as it is oddly funny, with a sharp critique of mass fear; Not for you if you need a tight, character-driven story.
Pros: unforgettable eerie imagery; bold dark humor; thought-provoking social critique | Cons: slow, text-heavy opening; repetitive vignettes; uneven, dated framing
Themes
- witch
- superstition
- insanity
- mystic
- sorcery
- hysteria
- satan
- black and white
- torture
- devil
- demon
- witchcraft
- +11 more
Cast & crew
Benjamin Christensen
as Devil
Ella La Cour
as Karna / Sorceress
- ES
Emmy Schønfeld
as Karna's Assistant
Kate Fabian
as Old Maid
Oscar Stribolt
as Fat Monk
- WH
Wilhelmine Henriksen
as Apelone / A Poor Old Woman
- EC
Elisabeth Christensen
as Anna's Mother
Astrid Holm
as Anna
Karen Winther
as Anna's Sister
- MP
Maren Pedersen
as Maria the Weaver / A Witch
Directed by Benjamin Christensen