Leaves from Satan's Book

  • Drama
  • History
  • Fantasy
  • Horror
11/15/1920
157

Storyline

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.

Director:
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Writers:
Edgar Høyer
Carl Theodor Dreyer

      Cast

      • Helge Nissen
        Satan / The Grand Inquisitor / Erneste / Ivan
      • Halvard Hoff
        Jesus (first sequence)
      • Jacob Texiere
        Judas (first sequence) (as Jacob Texière)
      • Hallander Helleman
        Don Gomez de Castro (second sequence)
      • Ebon Strandin
        Isabel - Castro's Daughter (second sequence)
      • Johannes Meyer
        Don Fernandez (second sequence)
      • Nalle Halden
        The Majordomo (second sequence)
      • Tenna Kraft
        Marie Antoinette (third sequence)
      • Viggo Wiehe
        Count de Chambord (third sequence)
      • Emma Wiehe
        The Countess of Chambord (third sequence)
      • Jeanne Tramcourt
        Lady Genevive de Chambord (third sequence)
      • Hugo Bruun
        Count Manuel (third sequence)
      • Elith Pio
        Joseph (third sequence)
      • Emil Helsengreen
        The People's Commissar (third sequence)
      • Viggo Lindstrøm
        Old Pitou (third sequence)
      • Vilhelm Petersen
        Fouquier-Tinville (third sequence)

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