Benjamin Christensen

The Profile

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.