Where to Watch Leaves From Satan's Book (1920) in the UK

What it's about

After seeing D. W. Griffith's epic Intolerance, Denmark's greatest director, Carl Theodor Dreyer (The Passion of Joan of Arc, Vampyr), was inspired to make his own four-episode historical epic with each story told end to end, anthology-style, linked by theme to the others. The unifying character, Satan, attempts to win God's favor but is doomed to cheerless participation in dark episodes of human history: the temptation of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the Russo-Finnish war of 1918. Few directors resisted compromise and convention the way Dreyer did; fortunately, the Nordisk Film Company was artistically progressive by Hollywood standards and agreed that this should be a prestige film made to the highest standards. More than two years in production, Dreyer not only directed but also controlled every facet of this ambitious production.

Cast and crew

Director

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Writer

Edgar Høyer, Marie Corelli, Carl Theodor Dreyer

Starring

Helge Nissen, Halvard Hoff, Jacob Texiere

Details

Release date

Jan 24, 1921

Language

None

Country

Denmark

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