Häxan (1922) (The Criterion Collection) [DVD9]

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. The Criterion Collection is proud to present two versions of this genre-defying “documentary,” for the first time ever on DVD.

Disc Features:
* Häxan (1922), a new digital, speed-corrected transfer of the Swedish Film Institute’s tinted restoration
* Music from the original Danish premiere, arranged by film music specialist Gillian Anderson and performed by the Czech Film Orchestra, presented in Dolby Digital 5.0
* Commentary by Danish silent film scholar Casper Tybjerg
* Benjamin Christensen’s introduction to the 1941 rerelease
* A short selection of outtakes
* Bibliothèque Diabolique: a photographic exploration of Christensen’s historical sources
* Stills gallery
* New English translation of intertitles
* Witchcraft Through the Ages (1968), the 76-minute version of Häxan, narrated by William S. Burroughs, with a soundtrack featuring Jean-Luc Ponty
* English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
*Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

Movie:
YEAR: 1922
COUNTRY: Denmark
DIRECTOR: Benjamin Christensen

DVD:
DVD RELEASE:2001
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 134
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
COLOUR: Colour
AUDIO: Musical accompaniment in Dolby Digital 2.0/5.0
INTERTITLES: Danish
SUBTITLES: English (soft)/English SDH
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 104 mins

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 1 Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: .ISO (Image)
FILE SIZE: 7.76GBs
SCANS FILE SIZE (400 DPI): 5MBs
TOTAL FILE SIZE: 7.77GBs

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