Live Music & Film Häxan 1922 Ages 15+

Production still from Häxan 1922 / Dir: Benjamin Christensen / Image courtesy: Svensk Filmindustri (SF)

Production still from Häxan 1922 / Dir: Benjamin Christensen / Image courtesy: Svensk Filmindustri (SF) / View full image

When

6.30pm, Fri 5 Apr 2024 (91 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Accessible

About

Live Music & Film Event

Benjamin Christensen’s wickedly humorous 1922 docufiction tracing the history of witches from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century is a tour de force of the weird, chilling, and supernatural. Blending an episodic account of the occult with lurid hallucinatory horror, Häxan holds a well-deserved place as one of the preeminent works of silent cinema.

Post classical composer Madeleine Cocolas will provide newly composed live accompaniment to the film.

Ages 15+ | Strong supernatural themes, nudity

Production Credits

  • Director: Benjamin Christensen
  • Script: Benjamin Christensen
  • Cinematographer: Johan Ankerstjerne
  • Editor: Edla Hansen
  • Cast: Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio
  • Print Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
  • Rights: Svensk Filmindustri (SF)
  • Year: 1922
  • Runtime: 91 minutes
  • Countries: Sweden, Denmark
  • Languages: Swedish intertitles, with English subtitles
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Shooting Format: 35mm
  • Screening Format: 35mm