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Häxan, ett kulturhistorist föredrag i levande bilder i 7 avdelningar = the witch, a presentation from a cultural and historical point of view in 7 chapters of moving pictures / Janus Films ; Svensk Filmindustry ; Benjamin Christensen framställde denna film i manuskript.
LIBRA DVD 006 530 disc + pamphlet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 134.
- The criterion collection ; 134
- Language:
- English
- Swedish
- Subjects (All):
- Witches--Drama.
- Witches.
- Witchcraft--Drama.
- Witchcraft.
- Mental illness--Europe--Public opinion--Drama.
- Mental illness.
- Europe.
- Public opinion.
- Motion pictures, Swedish.
- Motion pictures, Danish.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Silent films.
- Horror films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (179 min.) : silent, color (restored tinting) ; 4 3/4 in. + pamphlet ([8] pages ; 19 cm).
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Special edition ; RSDL dual-layer edition.
- Other Title:
- Witch, a presentation from a cultural and historical point of view in 7 chapters of moving pictures
- Title on container : Häxan, witchcraft through the ages
- Witchcraft through the ages
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2001]
- Language Note:
- Silent with Swedish intertitles, English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby Digital
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A series of dramatic vignettes explore the scientific hypothesis that witches of the middle ages and turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients suffer from the same type of hysteria. It's a witches brew of the scary, the gross and the darkly humorous.
- Contents:
- Häxan (104 min.)
- Witchcraft through the ages (76 min.)
- Participant:
- Benjamin Christensen, Astrid Holm, Karen Winter, Maren Pedersen, Wilhelmine Henriksen, Kate Fabian, Oscar Stribolt, Clara Pontoppidan, Alice O'Fredericks, Johannes Andersen, Tora Teje, Poul Reumert.
- Narrator, William S. Burroughs.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, Johan Ankerstjerne ; art director, Richard Louw ; editor, Edla Hansen ; music, Gillian Anderson.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1922.
- Special features: 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.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0780024583
- OCLC:
- 187692639
- Publisher Number:
- 037429161722
- HAX010 Criterion Collection
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