Leaves from Satan's Book
1920 · 157 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 1,409 VOTES · DIR. Carl Theodor Dreyer
Overview
The power of Satan is highlighted in four historical tales: the betrayal and subsequent arrest of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the execution of Marie Antoinette, and the Finnish War of Independence in 1918.
Dialogue Timeline — 474 lines
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00:00:00 LEAVES OUT OF THE BOOK OF SATAN
00:02:57 Satanas - Helge Nissen.
00:10:58 - that caiphas should let Jesus be seized and slain.
00:15:24 but he is not God"s son, only a man. An impostor.
00:23:04 Lord, where are you going? We are tired. et us stay here.
00:32:47 Setting: Seville in pain.
00:39:21 My son, why do you not put yourself at the service of the Inquisition?
00:47:16 Be not surprised. José is a faithful friend of the Inquisition.
01:02:25 But the lord left Satanas no time for contemplation.
01:07:36 carefree youth.
01:14:36 - the fugitives from chambord were approaching their temporary goal:
01:21:29 - for you have the right to claim the best from me.
01:27:07 At the conciergerie -
01:31:32 For Marie Antoinette all secular ties have been severed -
01:34:26 The subject matter was known to no one, -
01:39:52 Satanas who must tempt mankind in obedience to the divine doom.
01:45:09 - Marie Antoinette was taken before the Revolutionary ribunal.
01:48:41 At this moment I can hear the death-cart rumble into the yard -
01:55:41 Three women"s faiths have been betrayed by you.
02:01:51 - across to the railway station of Hirola.
02:10:55 Ivan has turned the schoolroom of Hirola into a lecture hall, -
02:16:18 One evening, about a week later, -
02:26:49 - to be comforted by religion.
02:36:47 - and its words urge Satanas on to new goals, new fates.
Cast & Characters
Helge Nissen
Satan
Helge Nissen
The Grand Inquisitor
Helge Nissen
Erneste
Halvard Hoff
Jesus (first sequence)
Jacob Texiere
Judas (first sequence)
Hallander Helleman
Don Gomez de Castro (second sequence)
Ebon Strandin
Isabel - Castro's Daughter (second sequence)
Johannes Meyer
Don Fernandez (second sequence)
Nalle Halden
The Majordomo (second sequence)
Tenna Kraft
Marie Antoinette (third sequence)
Viggo Wiehe
Count de Chambord (third sequence)
Emma Wiehe
The Countess of Chambord (third sequence)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed474
Dialogue density3.0 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line02:36:47
Production Record
DirectorCarl Theodor Dreyer
LanguageDanish
IMDb votes1,409