HAXAN (1922)

BENJAMIN CHRISTENSEN

Witchcraft / Occult Classics Drama Art House 10th - 19th Centuries 10th - 19th Centuries 10th - 19th Centuries 10th - 19th Centuries 10th - 19th Centuries 1900-1919 Documentary Silent Animation Recommended Kelly's Heroes Historical

Cast

MAREN PEDERSON OSCAR STRIBOLT EMMY SCHOENFELD ELITH PIO BRONNT INDUSTRIES KAPITAL GEOFF SMITH JEAN LUC PONTY

Plot

A disturbing Danish film, reanacting witchcraft trials from the 15th and 16th on till the early 20th Century. Mixing scenes of reanactment, animation and illustrated slideshows to depict events of alleged real-life events and possessions, we are shown images of extreme cruelty which smack of the experimental edges of medical research. This must have been tantamount to the work of the devil when it first came out. Sick-minds they had back in 1922! The DVD has a choice of soundtracks, the best of which is composed and performed by Bristol's own Bronnt Industries Kapital.