Leaves from Satan's Book (1920)

Drama, History, Fantasy, Horror2h 37m

61% User score

Overview

The power of Satan is highlighted in four historical tales: the betrayal and subsequent arrest of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the execution of Marie Antoinette, and the Finnish War of Independence in 1918.

Carl Theodor DreyerDirector

Top Billed Cast

Helge NissenSatan / The Grand Inquisitor / Erneste / Ivan
Halvard HoffJesus (first sequence)
Jacob TexiereJudas (first sequence) (as Jacob Texière)
Hallander HellemanDon Gomez de Castro (second sequence)
Ebon StrandinIsabel - Castro's Daughter (second sequence)
Johannes MeyerDon Fernandez (second sequence)
Nalle HaldenThe Majordomo (second sequence)
Tenna KraftMarie Antoinette (third sequence)
Viggo WieheCount de Chambord (third sequence)
Emma WieheThe Countess of Chambord (third sequence)
Jeanne TramcourtLady Genevive de Chambord (third sequence)
Hugo BruunCount Manuel (third sequence)

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