Leaves from Satan's Book

1920Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer

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Released: November 15, 1920
Runtime: 2h 37m

About Leaves from Satan's Book

Drama
History
Fantasy
Horror

Synopsis

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.

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writers: Carl Theodor Dreyer
Edgar Høyer
Marie Corelli
Original title: Blade af Satans Bog

Principal cast

In billing order

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)

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