Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.
Elith Pio | The Young Monk | |
Oscar Stribolt | The Fat Monk | |
Clara Pontoppidan | The Nun | |
Tora Teje | The Modern Hysteric and Kleptomaniac | |
Benjamin Christensen | The Devil | |
John Andersen | Chief Inquisitor |
View Full Cast >