Häxan [57283] Released: 1922-09-18 Revenue: $0 Budget: $220,000 Profit: $-220,000 Runtime: 105 mins Popularity: 3.2572 Vote Average: 7.6 Vote Count: 393 Overview: 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. Cast [31] Benjamin ChristensenDevil Ella La CourKarna, Sorceress Emmy SchønfeldKarna's Assistan Kate FabianOld Maid Oscar StriboltFat Monk Wilhelmine HenriksenApelone, a Poor Elisabeth ChristensenAnna's Mother Astrid HolmAnna Karen WintherAnna's Sister Maren PedersenMaria the Weaver Johannes AndersenPater Henrik, Wi Elith PioJohannes, Witch Aage HertelWitch Judge Ib SchønbergWitch Judge Holst JørgensenPeter Titta Clara PontoppidanSister Cecilia, Else VermehrenFlagellating Nun Alice O'FredericksNun Gerda MadsenNun Karina BellNun Tora TejeModern Hysteric Poul ReumertJeweler H.C. NielsenJeweler's Assist Albrecht SchmidtPsychiatrist Knud RassowAnatomist Ellen RassowMaid Frederik ChristensenCitizen Henry SeemannCitizen Karen CaspersenUnidentified Holger PedersenUnidentified John AndersenChief Inquisitor Trailers Streaming Review: Haxan: Witchcraft through the ages. [4K, 60 fps, colorized] (1922) Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages Mark Kermode reviews Häxan (1922) | BFI Player TCM Comments on Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922) Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages (1968) Häxan Trailer