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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:

  • 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

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
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