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Benjamin Christensen
Writer 1879 - 1959

Benjamin Christensen

Viborg, Denmark

Benjamin Christensen (28 September 1879 - 2 April 1959) was a Danish film director, screenwriter and an actor both in film and on the stage. As a director he is most well known for the 1922 film Häxan and as an actor, he is best known for his performance in the film Michael... Read full bio →

Filmography

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5 titles
Seven Footprints to Satan

Seven Footprints to Satan

Benjamin Christensen 1929 1h 17m

Before a planned African expedition, a man's fiancée worries her father's guest plans to steal one of her father's rubies. The couple are kidnapped and held prisoner at a mysterious, creepy house. Strange things are afoot at Satan's house.

Seine Frau, die Unbekannte

Seine Frau, die Unbekannte

Benjamin Christensen 1923 1h 17m

A war blind painter marries his nurse. But after he can see again through an operation, he does not recognize her. Then she decides to leave him in order to return to his service under a different name. Only when the painter falls in love with her as a stranger to him, she reveal herself.

Häxan

Häxan

Benjamin Christensen 1922 1h 45m 8.1

Haxan is a study about how superstition and the misunderstanding of diseases and mental illness could lead to the hysteria of the witch-hunts. The film was made as a documentary but contains dramatized sequences that are comparable to horror films.

Hævnens nat

Hævnens nat

Benjamin Christensen 1916 1h 46m

On New Year's Eve, the convicted murderer, Strong Henry, escapes from prison and collects his son from the orphanage. When he breaks into a local manor to get some milk for his child, he is surprised by a young woman, Eva.

Det hemmelighedsfulde X

Det hemmelighedsfulde X

Benjamin Christensen 1914 1h 30m 6.0

On the brink of war, Lt. van Hauen is summoned to take command of the cruiser, but due to unforeseen events, he is wrongfully convicted as a traitor.

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