Leaves from Satan's Book
1921 · Movie · 167 min. · Denmark
Satan appears during four different time periods to claim a soul. As a Pharisee he tempts Judas to betray Christ; as a Grand Inquisitor in 16th Spain; as a fervent revolutionary in Paris of 1793; and as a defrocked Red monk during the Russo-Finnish war of 1918, where he is foiled by a courageous Finnish girl who chooses to die rather than betray her country, and frees Satan of a thousand years of damnation.
Direction Carl Theodor Dreyer
Cast Helge Nissen · Halvard Hoff · Jacob Texiere · Hallander Helleman · Ebon Strandin · Johannes Meyer · Nalle Halden · Tenna Kraft · Viggo Wiehe · Emma Wiehe · Jeanne Tramcourt · Hugo Bruun · Elith Pio · Emil Helsengreen · Viggo Lindstrøm
Screenplay Edgar Høyer · Marie Corelli
Cinematography George Schnéevoigt
Original title Blade af Satans bog
Also known as Leaves Out of the Book of Satan
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