{"product_id":"haxan-blu-ray-1922","title":"Häxan Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1922\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuntime:\u003c\/strong\u003e 105 min\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDirector:\u003c\/strong\u003e Benjamin Christensen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCast:\u003c\/strong\u003e Benjamin Christensen, Ella La Cour, Emmy Schønfeld, Kate Fabian, Oscar Stribolt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStudios:\u003c\/strong\u003e Aljosha Production Company, SF Studios\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrave 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew 2K digital restoration\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusic from the 1922 Danish premiere, arranged by film-music specialist Gillian B. Anderson and performed by the Czech Film Orchestra in 2001, presented in 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAudio commentary from 2001 featuring film scholar Casper Tybjerg\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitchcraft Through the Ages (1968), a seventy-six-minute version of Häxan narrated by author William S. Burroughs, with a soundtrack featuring violinist Jean-Luc Ponty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDirector Benjamin Christensen’s introduction to the 1941 rerelease\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOuttakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliothèque diabolique\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA photographic exploration of Christensen’s historical sources, created in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePLUS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssays by critic Chris Fujiwara and scholar Chloé Germaine Buckley, as well as remarks on the score by Anderson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTechnical Specifications:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2K digital restoration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1.33:1 Aspect Ratio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"CineFile Video","offers":[{"title":"USED","offer_id":50157331710229,"sku":"HAXAN-BLU-RAY-1922-USED","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/3098\/4213\/files\/3LtaPLlwlA5HX2FjqAb8lsaBI8P.jpg?v=1788820679","url":"https:\/\/cinefilevideo.com\/products\/haxan-blu-ray-1922","provider":"CineFile Video","version":"1.0","type":"link"}