---
title: 'Häxan (1922)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Benjamin Christensen'
released: '1922-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Denmark'
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/haxan-1922'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013257/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Häxan (1922)

1922 · 107 min · Documentary, Fantasy, Horror · Denmark, Sweden


## Synopsis

Häxan is a 1922 Swedish-Danish silent horror essay film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen. Consisting partly of documentary-style storytelling as well as dramatized narrative sequences, the film purports to chart the historical roots and superstitions surrounding witchcraft, beginning in the Middle Ages through the 20th century. Based partly on Christensen's own study of the Malleus Maleficarum, a 15th-century German guide for inquisitors, Häxan proposes that such witch-hunts may have stemmed from misunderstandings of mental or neurological disorders, triggering mass hysteria.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Benjamin Christensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-christensen)
- **Screenplay:** [Benjamin Christensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-christensen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Launy Grøndahl](https://cinepixo.com/people/launy-gr-ndahl)
- **Director of Photography:** [Johan Ankerstjerne](https://cinepixo.com/people/johan-ankerstjerne)
- **Editor:** [Edla Hansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/edla-hansen)

## Cast

- [Benjamin Christensen](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-christensen)
- [Kate Fabian](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-fabian)
- [Poul Reumert](https://cinepixo.com/people/poul-reumert)
- [Ib Schønberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ib-sch-nberg)
- [Gerda Madsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerda-madsen)
- [Karen Winther](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-winther)
- [Else Vermehren](https://cinepixo.com/people/else-vermehren)
- [Astrid Holm](https://cinepixo.com/people/astrid-holm)
- [Tora Teje](https://cinepixo.com/people/tora-teje)
- [Alice O'Fredericks](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-o-fredericks)
- [Oscar Stribolt](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-stribolt)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/haxan-1922
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