Leaves from Satan's Book

Blade af Satans Bog

1920·157'

Carl Theodor Dreyer

FantasyHistoryDramaHorror

★ 6.1

Letterboxd TMDB #35075

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.

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)