Häxan/Witchcraft Through the Ages

Synopsis

A darkly humorous, genre-defying silent ‘documentary’, in which witchcraft through the ages is presented in a series of dramatic vignettes that explore the contention that witches of the middle ages suffered a hysteria similar to that of modern psychiatric patients. Director Christensen presents an audacious mixture of fact, fiction, lecture and hallucinatory recreation in his unique film. He himself plays the devil, notably in a terrifying sequence with a monk!

The DVD also includes WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES (1968), narrated by William S Burroughs with a soundtrack featuring Jean-Luc Ponty.

Digital speed-corrected version of the Swedish Film Institute’s tinted restoration; Original Danish Premiere soundtrack; New Brontt Industries Kapital soundtrack; New Geoff Smith soundtrack.

Language

English

Country

Denmark

Year of release

2007

Year of production

1922

Subjects

Film studies; History; Psychology; Religious studies

Keywords

witchcraft; hysteria

Credits

Director

Benjamin Christensen; William Burroughs

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£19.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

104 minutes

Year

2007

Distributor

 

Available from retail outlets

Name

Tartan Video

Web

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Phone

020 7494 1400

Fax

020 7439 1922

Address

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