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Haxan
Year: 1922
Time: 104
Aspect Ratio
1.33:1
Audio
Musical Score 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo
Musical Score 5.0 Dolby Digital Surround
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Haxan
Witchcraft Through the AgesYear: 1968
Time: 76
Aspect Ratio
1.33:1
Audio
English 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
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Licensor
Svensk Filmindustri
Directed by: Benjamin Christensen
Featuring: Benjamin Christensen
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. The Criterion Collection is proud to present two versions of this genre-defying “documentary,” for the first time ever on DVD.
Technical Specifications
Format: DVD
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio:
English 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
, Musical Score 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo
, Musical Score 5.0 Dolby Digital Surround
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Subtitles:
English
Region:
1/2/3/4/5/6
Discs:
1 Disc |
DVD-9
Supplements
- Music from the original Danish premiere, arranged by film music specialist Gillian Anderson and performed by the Czech Film Orchestra, presented in Dolby Digital 5.0
- Commentary by Danish silent film scholar Casper Tybjerg
- A short selection of outtakes
- Bibliothèque diabolique, a photographic exploration of Christensen’s historical sources, created in 2001
- Stills gallery
- Witchcraft Through the Ages (1968), the 76-minute version of Häxan narrated by author William S. Burroughs, with a soundtrack featuring violinist Jean-Luc Ponty
- Insert featuring an essay by Chris Fujiwara and notes on the score by Gillian B. Anderson
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Producer: Issa Clubb
Artwork: Eva Wah
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