Drama ·History ·Fantasy ·Horror · Denmark · 1920 · 2h 37m

Leaves from Satan's Book

Blade af Satans Bog

Leaves from Satan's Book poster
Director
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast
Helge Nissen as Satan / The Grand Inquisitor / Erneste / Ivan Halvard Hoff as Jesus (first sequence) Jacob Texiere as Judas (first sequence) (as Jacob Texière) Hallander Helleman as Don Gomez de Castro (second sequence) Ebon Strandin as Isabel - Castro's Daughter (second sequence) Johannes Meyer as Don Fernandez (second sequence)
Crew
George Schnéevoigt — Director of Photography Carl Theodor Dreyer — Writer Edgar Høyer — Writer Marie Corelli — Novel
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.

Key Collaborators
Carl Theodor Dreyer Director George Schnéevoigt Director of Photography Carl Theodor Dreyer Writer Edgar Høyer Writer Marie Corelli Novel
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