Häxan (1922)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Narrator (English 1960s version)

      William S. Burroughs

    • Narrator (French 1960s version)

      Philippe Noiret

    • Devil/the fashionable doctor

      Benjamin Christensen

    • Karna, the witch

      Ella La Cour

    • Karna's collaborator

      Emmy SchØnfeld

    • lovesick maiden

      Kate Fabian

    • the gluttonous monk

      Oscar Stribolt

    • Apelone, a poor woman

      Wilhelmine Henriksen

    • Anna, bookprinter's wife's mother

      Elisabeth Christensen

    • Anna, bookprinter's wife

      Astrid Holm

    • Anna's younger sister

      Karen Winther

    • Maria, the witch

      Maren Pedersen

    • Pater Henrik, chief inquisitor

      Johannes Andersen

    • Johannes, the young inquisitor

      Elith Pio

    • inquisitor

      Aage Hertel

    • inquisitor

      Ib SchØnberg

    • Peter Titta

      Holst JØrgensen

    • Rasmus Bödel

      Herr Westermann

    • Sister Cecilia, the nun

      Clara Pontoppidan

    • self-torturing nun

      Elsa Vermehren

    • nun

      Alice O'Fredericks

    • nun

      Gerda Madsen

    • nun

      Karina Bell

    • the hysteric in modern sequence

      Tora Teje

    • jeweller

      Poul Reumert

    • jeweller's assistant

      H.C. Nielsen

    • psychiatrist

      Albrecht Schmidt

    • anatomist

      Knud Rassow

    • servant girl

      Ellen Rassow

    • commoner

      Frederik Christensen

    • commoner

      Henry Seemann

    • woman

      Karen Caspersen

    • woman

      Gudrun Barfoed

    • man

      Holger Pedersen

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Director

      Benjamin Christensen

    • Script Girl

      Alice O'Fredericks

    Production:

    • Production Company

      Svensk Filmindustri

    Writing:

    • Screenplay

      Benjamin Christensen

    Photography:

    • Photography

      Johan Ankerstjerne

    • Assistant Photography

      Rudolf Frederiksen

    Editing:

    • Editor

      Edla Hansen

    Design:

    • Art Director

      Richard Louw

    • Assistant Art Director

      Helge Norél

    • Assistant Art Director

      L. Mathiesen

    Music:

    • Music (1941 version)

      Emil Reesen

    • Music (1960s version)

      Daniel Humair