Burroughs, with a soundtrack featuring Jean-Luc Ponty (Dolby Digital 2. The original Swedish-language version of Hxan has undergone three restorations by the Swedish Film Institute, carried out in 1976, 20. This version includes an English-language narration by William S. Witchcraft through the Ages (1968, 1.33:1, 76 mins, B&W) In 1968, Metro Pictures Corporation re-edited and re-released Hxan in the US under the title Witchcraft Through the Ages. Newly conceived Geoff Smith soundtrack (Dolby Digital 2.0).Newly conceived Bronnt Industries Kapital soundtrack.Original Danish Premiere soundtrack (Dolby Digital 5.0) Shop our inventory for Witchcraft Through the Ages : The Story of Haxan, the Worlds Strangest Film, and the Man Who Made It by Jack Stevenson with fast.Digital speed-corrected transfer of the Swedish Film Institute’s tinted restoration.This release includes both the Burroughs-narrated shorted version and the original film for which two new scores have been created, one by composer Geoff Smith performed on hammered dulcimer and the second offering a dynamic score by UK electronic group, Bronnt Industries Kapital. In 1968 the film won further praise and a whole new audience when it was re-released with a William Burroughs narration, under the title 'Witchcraft through the Ages'. Not until its re-release in 1941 did the director earn belated fame and respect, proof that this genre-defying documentary was far ahead of its time. Dramatising satanic activities and rituals including the ways in which suspected witches were tortured and killed, Häxan is a deliriously imaginative masterpiece. Since its premiere in 1922, Benjamin Christensen's exploration of the role of superstition in medieval minds has caused outrage and protest from both the general public and religious groups.
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