Danish film director best known for the 1922 silent film Häxan (Haxan - Witchcraft Through the Ages).

Directed and appeared as Beelzebub in Häxan (1922). Häxan originated from a project that began as a documentary about the persecution of witches and the film later underwent cuts.

A passionate reader review by VinnySparrow praises Benjamin Christensen's Haxan (1922) as a visually powerful, shocking silent film about witchcraft and persecution. The review highlights the film's anarchic narrative freedom, disturbing imagery and later censorship cuts. Christensen is presented as a daring director who blends documentary elements with staged horror.

For:Fans of silent cinema, horror history, and film censorship studies

 Yet, "Haxan - Witchcraft Through the Ages" can be considered as clear evidence that all of this was possible a hundred years ago.

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