Häxan
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.
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Häxan (Haxan) is a 1922 film, more information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4xan Source for this video: http://www.publicdomaintorrents.com/nshowmovie.html?movieid=1022 video uploaded in .avi format For more information on public domain films, where to watch them, where to download them, and legal status info, visit http://www.publicdomainmotionpictures.com
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- Director
- Benjamin Christensen
- Starring
- Benjamin Christensen, Ella La Cour, Emmy Schønfeld, Kate Fabian, Oscar Stribolt, Wilhelmine Henriksen, Elisabeth Christensen, Astrid Holm
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