Häxan ett kulturhistorist föredrag i levande bilder i 7 avdelningar

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Title:

Häxan ett kulturhistorist föredrag i levande bilder i 7 avdelningar

Author:

Christensen, Benjamin, 1879-1959.

Edition:

[DVD version].

Publication Information:

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2001]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (179 min.) : sound, color (restored tinting) ; 4 3/4 in.

Series:

The criterion collection ; 134

Criterion collection ; 134.

Summary:

In a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that witches of the middle ages and turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients suffer from the same type of hysteria. Its a witches brew of the scary, the gross and the darkly humorous.

General Note:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1922 by Svensk filmindustri.

Special features: New digital, speed-corrected transfer-tinted restored ; music from the original Danish premiere ; commentary by Danish silent film scholar Casper Tybjerg ; Benjamin Christensen's introduction to the 1941 re-release ; a short selection of outtakes ; "Bibliothèque Diabolique": a photographic exploration of Christensen's historical sources ; stills gallery ; Witchcraft through the ages : 76 minute version of Häxan, narrated by William S. Burroughs, with a soundtrack featuring Jean-Luc Ponty.

For specific features see interactive menu.

Contents:

Häxan (104 min.) -- Witchcraft through the ages (76 min.)

Reading Level:

Not rated by MPAA.

Subject Term:

Witches -- Drama.

Witchcraft -- Drama.

Mental illness -- Public opinion -- Europe -- Drama.

Genre:

Silent films.

Horror films.