Leaves from Satan's Book

The read

It runs long at 2h 37m.

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.

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Key crew

• Carl Theodor DreyerDirector
• Carl Theodor DreyerWriter
• Edgar HøyerWriter

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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