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Benjamin Christensen

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Benjamin Christensen

Born September 28, 1879 in Viborg, DenmarkDied April 2, 195918 films

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 (1924), in which he plays Claude Zoret, the jilted lover of the film's title character.

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Häxan posterFirst watchHäxan19227.6Grave 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…View film

Filmography

18 films as director
  1. 1968Witchcraft Through the AgesDirector
  2. 1942Lady with the Light GlovesDirector
  3. 1941Come Home With MeDirector
  4. 1940The ChildDirector
  5. 1939Children of DivorceDirector
  6. 1929The Mysterious IslandDirector
  7. 1929House of HorrorDirector
  8. 1929Seven Footprints to SatanDirector
  9. 1928The Haunted HouseDirector
  10. 1928The Hawk's NestDirector
  11. 1927MockeryDirector
  12. 1926The Devil's CircusDirector
  13. 1925The Woman Who DidDirector
  14. 1923His Wife, the UnknownDirector
  15. 1922HäxanDirector
  16. 1921HelgeninderneDirector
  17. 1916Blind JusticeDirector
  18. 1914The Mysterious XDirector