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.
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Benjamin Christensen as Devil
Ella La Cour as Karna, Sorceress
Emmy Schønfeld as Karna's Assistant
Kate Fabian as Old Maid
Oscar Stribolt as Fat Monk
Wilhelmine Henriksen as Apelone, a Poor Old Woman
Elisabeth Christensen as Anna's Mother
Astrid Holm as Anna
Karen Winther as Anna's Sister
Maren Pedersen as Maria the Weaver, a Witch
Johannes Andersen as Pater Henrik, Witch Judge
Elith Pio as Johannes, Witch Judge
Aage Hertel as Witch Judge
Ib Schønberg as Witch Judge
Holst Jørgensen as Peter Titta
Clara Pontoppidan as Sister Cecilia, Nun
Else Vermehren as Flagellating Nun
Alice O'Fredericks as Nun
Gerda Madsen as Nun
Karina Bell as Nun
Tora Teje as Modern Hysteric and Kleptomaniac
Poul Reumert as Jeweler
H.C. Nielsen as Jeweler's Assistant
Albrecht Schmidt as Psychiatrist
Knud Rassow as Anatomist
Ellen Rassow as Maid
Frederik Christensen as Citizen
Henry Seemann as Citizen
Karen Caspersen as Unidentified
Holger Pedersen as Unidentified
John Andersen as Chief Inquisitor
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