
"But isn’t superstition still rampant among us?"
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.
Devil

Karna / Sorceress

Karna's Assistant
Old Maid

Fat Monk

Apelone / A Poor Old Woman
Anna's Mother
Anna

Anna's Sister

Maria the Weaver / A Witch
Pater Henrik / Witch Judge
Johannes / Witch Judge

Witch Judge

Witch Judge

Peter Titta
Sister Cecilia / Nun

Flagellating Nun
Nun

Nun

Nun

Modern Hysteric and Kleptomaniac

Jeweler

Jeweler's Assistant
Psychiatrist

Anatomist
Maid

Citizen

Citizen

Unidentified

Unidentified
Chief Inquisitor