| Description |
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| Series |
Janus films collection
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Janus films collection.
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| System Details |
DVD; 1.33 aspect ratio. |
| Performer |
Narrator: William Burroughs. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Johan Ankerstjerne ; art director, Richard Louw ; jazz music score, Daniel Humair ; English sound version produced by Antony Balch. |
| Cast |
Benjamin Christensen, Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Oscar Stribolt, Tora Jeje, Johs [Johannes] Andersen. |
| Note |
DVD release of the 1922 motion picture made in Sweden. |
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Special features: jazz music score soundtrack by Daniel Humair featuring Jean-Luc Ponty. |
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Released as part of the "Essential Art House : 50 Years of Janus Films." |
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"...features a pristine digital transfer of the film in its original language, as well as English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing"--Criterion website. |
| Summary |
Through painstaking research, this silent docu-drama attempts to reconstruct the practices of witchcraft and satanism from the 15th through the 17th centuries, concluding with cases of demonic possession in the 1920s. |
| Language |
Silent with intertitles, narration and accompanying jazz score. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Silent films.
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Silent films.
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Horror films.
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Horror films.
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| Subject |
Witchcraft -- Drama.
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Witchcraft. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Witches -- Drama.
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Witches. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Christensen, Benjamin, 1879-1959.
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Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
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Humair, Daniel.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Witchcraft |
| Note |
English title also referred to as: Witchcraft through the ages |
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Title from accompanying book : Essential art house |
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Title from container : 50 years of Janus Films |
| Added Title |
Fifty years of Janus Films |
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50 years of Janus Films.
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| ISBN |
$12.92 |
| Music No. |
HAX010 Criterion Collection |
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