Häxan is a silent film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen in 1922. Based in part on the study of Christensen's "Malleus Maleficarum".
This is a paper on witchcraft as it was described by innumerable minute trial, the fifteenth to the seventeenth century, composed of several sequences.
hailed by the Surrealists "Haxan" Adou Kirou is for "the most violent criminal indictment against the Church, its Inquisition and its instruments of torture. The documentary is expected to rise in all schools in the world." This film
was censored in the U.S. and other countries, too realistic, was accused of showing too many scenes of torture, nudity and sexual perversion.
There are two versions of the film: an original version (and full) output in Sweden in 1922 which is silent and accompanied by classical music. And a version for the U.S. market, output in the 60's, narrated by William Burroughs (one of the leaders of the "Beat Generation" also very popular in these parts) on a background of jazz music. This latest version, however, was amputated a few scenes.
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