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Haxan 1922
Haxan, a.k.a. Witchcraft Through the Ages, is not only a cinematic gem from the silent era, but arguably one of the most profoundly weird and disturbing pictures ever made. Swedish filmmaker Benjamin Christensen created a picture that flows interchangeably between narrative styles to tell a brief history of what we've come to know as 'evil'. Where did it come from? How have superstitions and paranoia propelled it? And what do we think of it today?
A film in seven parts, Haxan opens with a series of drawings and etchings from centuries past, with descriptive title cards in between.it plays out like a documentary, or a high school slide show. By the time it breaks into the second part, we are no longer looking at real history, but re-enactment, as Christensen has brought actors in to depict other aspects of witchcraft, Satanism, and black magic.
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producer | | screenwriter | Christensen, Benjamin |
| musicscore | Grondahl, Launy |
duration | 105 |
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color | No |
sound | No |
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genre | documentary |
country | SWEDEN |
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