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.
Alternative titles: La brujería a través de los tiempos | Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages | Hekserij door de eeuwen heen | La sorcellerie à travers les âges | Häxan – A Feitiçaria Através dos Tempos | Häxan, les sorcières | Hexen | Die Hexe | Heksen | Häxan. La brujería a través de los tiempos | Noita | Η μαγεία μέσα από τους αιώνες | I mageia mesa apo tous aiones | Boszorkányok | La stregoneria attraverso i secoli | 魔女 | Czarownice | A Feitiçaria Através dos Tempos | Vrăjitoria de-a lungul veacurilor | Вештице | Häxan: Ett kulturhistoriskt föredrag i levande bilder | Вeдьмы | Ведьмы | Cadılar | The Witch | The Witches