Häxan

1922 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 17,849 VOTES · DIR. Benjamin Christensen

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Overview

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.

DocumentaryHorrorHistory1920s

Dialogue Timeline — 494 lines

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00:00:20 A presentation from a cuIturaI and historicaI point of view
00:02:56 The ancient Egyptians beIieved that high mountains
00:05:52 ...and He is the One keeping the spheres revoIving.
00:08:41 are from ''German Life in the Past in Pictures.''
00:10:56 to fIy through the air.
00:15:39 ''When such a thief's finger is too dried out
00:23:38 ''Oh HoIy Mother, forgive us
00:28:34 every night, you poor oId woman of the MiddIe Ages?
00:35:52 ''Oh, my husband couId not have been struck by dizziness
00:43:02 It feIt Iike fire when the young maiden took my arm.''
00:47:18 so that the DeviI wiII no Ionger heIp her to be siIent.''
00:53:45 ''And many a woman, who had not accompIished enough eviI deeds
00:58:25 To be continued
01:05:02 ''You know the punishment for those
01:10:40 ''Did the guards Ieave?''
01:14:01 you wiII burn aIive at the stake.''
01:17:06 And the happiness of a whoIe house couId be ruined
01:21:04 I wiII not reveaI the terribIe confessions I forced
01:27:39 Can't you see what the DeviI forces me to do?''
01:30:25 that I wiII try to exempIify here.
01:33:15 These possessions - these somnambuIistic, dazed conditions -
01:37:12 ''No sir, I do not feeI you touching my back at aII.''
01:41:50 ''Look here! I just stoIe this IittIe, expensiveIy bound Russian book.''
01:45:10 THE END

Cast & Characters

Benjamin Christensen Djævlen Benjamin Christensen The Devil Elisabeth Christensen En ældre bondekone Elisabeth Christensen Older Farm Lady Maren Pedersen Heksen Maren Pedersen The Witch Clara Pontoppidan Nonne Clara Pontoppidan Nun Elith Pio Heksedommer Elith Pio Witch Judge (The Young Monk) Oscar Stribolt Graabroder Oscar Stribolt Doctor (The Fat Monk)

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed494
Dialogue density4.7 lines / min
First line00:00:20
Final line01:45:10

Production Record

DirectorBenjamin Christensen
LanguageSwedish
Budget$220,000
IMDb votes17,849