| Release Date: | May 1929 |
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| Genre: | Horror |
| Runtime: | 87 min |
| Cast: | Maren Pedersen (Heksen / The Witch) Clara Pontoppidan (Nonne / Nun) Elith Pio (Heksedommer / Witch Judge (The Young...) Oscar Stribolt (Graabroder / Doctor (The Fat Monk)) Tora Teje (En hysterisk kvinde / Modern Hysteric...) John Andersen (Chief Inquisitor (as Johs Andersen)) Benjamin Christensen (The Devil) Poul Reumert (Juveler / Jeweler) Karen Winther (Anna) Kate Fabian (Gammel jomfru / Old Maid) Else Vermehren (Nonne / Nun) Astrid Holm (Anna) Johannes Andersen (Heksedommer / Witch Judge) Gerda Madsen (Nonne / Nun) Aage Hertel (Heksedommer / Witch Judge) Ib Schønberg (Heksedommer / Witch Judge) Emmy Schønfeld (Marie, the Seamstress (as Emmy...) Frederik Christensen (Borger / Citizen (as Frederick...) Ella La Cour (Troldkvinde / Magician (as Ella la Cour)) Elisabeth Christensen (En ældre bondekone / Older Farm...) Henry Seemann (Borger / Citizen) Alice O'Fredericks (Nonne / Nun) Knud Rassow (Anatomen) William S. Burroughs (Narrator (1968 re-release) (voice)...) Ellen Rassow (En tjenestepige / Maid) Holst Jørgensen (Ole Kighul) H.C. Nielsen (Juveler assistent / Jeweler's...) Albrecht Schmidt (Nervelæge / Neurologist) Karina Bell (Nun (uncredited)) Karen Caspersen (Unidentified (uncredited)) Holger Pedersen (Unidentified (uncredited)) |
A documentary about the history of witchcraft, told in a variety of styles, from illustrated slideshow to dramatised events of alleged real-life events, right up to the early twentieth century (when the film was made). Depending on which version you're watching, the commentary is either in the form of intertitles or narration by William S.Burroughs, recorded in the mid-1960s.
