HÄXAN (Christensen, 1922) with live score by Stephen Horne

"fantastically conceived and directed, holding the onlooker in a sort of medieval spell." (NYT, 05-28-29)

We are proud to present Benjamin Christensen's magnificent, silent film Häxan (1922) with a live performance of an original score by internationally renowned silent film accompanist, Stephen Horne. One of the world's leading silent film performers, Stephen Horne has recorded music for dozens of silent films and for the past 35 years, has been the pianist in residence at the British Film Institute at London's Southbank Centre. 🔗

Benjamin Christensen's 1922 groundbreaking, cinematic masterpiece Häxan intertwines fact and fantasy to create a new, radical work of horror Drawing from the Malleus Maleficarum (1487) and other witch-hunting treatises, Christensen dramatizes scenes from the year 1488, creating a hallucinogenic documentary-narrative hybrid, unveiling a new mode of cinematic storytelling. Over 100 years later the re-enacted scenes haunt the viewer as forcefully as a first-hand witness account.

Tickets available online or at the door.

1922
Dir. Benjamin Christensen
122 min

This production is organized by Hypnos Theatre and Film i Malmö with support from Malmö Stad and Region Skåne.

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