Monday, January 28, 2008

Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)

Haxan is a Swedish/Danish black and white silent film directed by Benjamin Christensen. The film is a bizarre documentary concerning the history of witchcraft, it does an incredible job emulating grotesque scenes of old witchcraft inspired woodcuts. Browse this gallery at Wikimedia to see some of the woodcuts this film was inspired by.

The film can be downloaded in its entirety from either Stage 6 or Archive.org.

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