Leaves out of the book of Satan / Nordisk Films Kompagni A/S, Copenhagen ; scenario by Edgar Høyer ; directed by Carl Th. Dreyer ; [Film Preservation Associates, Inc.].
Publisher:
Image Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, monochrome with color tint ; 4 3/4 in.
Helge Nissen, Halvard Hoff, Jacob Texiere, Hallander Helleman, Ebon Strandin, Johannes Meyer, Tenna Fredericksen Kraft, Jeanne Tramcourt, Elith Pio, Clara Wieth Pontoppidan, Carlo Wieth, Karina Bell. From a novel, Sorrows of Satan, by Marie Corelli. Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1920. A foreign film (Denmark) "1918-1921"--Title screen. "From the Blackhawk Films collection"--Disc label and container. "ID5671DSDVD"--Disc label.
Summary:
Four vignettes tied together by the presence of Satan, who is attempting to win back God's favor yet 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.
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