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Benjamin Christensen

Benjamin Christensen

Director · 1879–1959 · Viborg, Denmark

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Biography

Benjamin Christensen (28 September 1879 - 2 April 1959) was a Danish film director, screenwriter and an actor both in film and on the stage. As a director he is most well known for the 1922 film Häxan and as an actor, he is best known for his performance in the film Michael (1924), in which he plays Claude Zoret, the jilted lover of the film's title character.

Directed 17

1960s

  1. 1968

    Witchcraft Through the Ages

    Director

1940s

  1. 1942

    Lady with the Light Gloves

    Director

  2. 1941

    Come Home with Me

    Director

  3. 1940

    The Child

    Director

1930s

  1. 1939

    Children of Divorce

    Director

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Mysterious Island

    Director

  2. House of Horror

    Director

  3. Seven Footprints to Satan

    Director

  4. 1928

    The Haunted House

    Director

  5. The Hawk's Nest

    Director

  6. 1927

    Mockery

    Director

  7. 1926

    The Devil's Circus

    Director

  8. 1923

    His Wife, the Unknown

    Director

  9. 1922
  10. 1921

    Helgeninderne

    Director

1910s

  1. 1916

    Blind Justice

    Director

  2. 1914

    The Mysterious X

    Director

Wrote 11

1940s

  1. 1940

    The Child

    Writer

1930s

  1. 1939

    Children of Divorce

    Writer

1920s

  1. 1929

    House of Horror

    Story

  2. Seven Footprints to Satan

    Screenplay

  3. 1928

    The Haunted House

    Writer

  4. 1927

    Mockery

    Story

  5. 1926

    The Devil's Circus

    Screenplay

  6. 1923

    His Wife, the Unknown

    Writer

  7. 1922

1910s

  1. 1916

    Blind Justice

    Writer

  2. 1914

    The Mysterious X

    Writer

Acted in 4

1920s

  1. 1924

    Michael

    Claude Zoret

  2. 1922

1910s

  1. 1916

    Blind Justice

    "Strong" Henry/John

  2. 1914

    The Mysterious X

    Lieutenant van Hauen

Produced 1

1910s

  1. 1916

    Blind Justice

    Producer

Art department 1

1910s

  1. 1914

    The Mysterious X

    Production Design

Edited 1

1910s

  1. 1914

    The Mysterious X

    Editor