Directed by Benjamin Christensen

Cast: Maren Pedersen ... Heksen / The Witch Clara Pontoppidan ... Nonne / Nun Elith Pio ... Heksedommer / Witch Judge (The Young Monk) Oscar Stribolt ... Graabroder / Doctor (The Fat Monk) Tora Teje ... En hysterisk kvinde / Modern Hysteric (The Kelptomaniac) John Andersen ... Chief Inquisitor Benjamin Christensen ... Djævlen / The Devil Poul Reumert ... Juveler / Jeweler Karen Winther ... Anna Kate Fabian ... Gammel jomfru / Old Maid Else Vermehren ... Nonne / Nun Astrid Holm ... Anna Johannes Andersen ... Heksedommer / Witch Judge Gerda Madsen ... Nonne / Nun Aage Hertel ... Heksedommer / Witch Judge Ib Schønberg ... Heksedommer / Witch Judge Emmy Schønfeld ... Marie, the Seamstress

A documentary about the history of witchcraft, told in a variety of styles, from illustrated slideshow to dramatised events of alleged real-life events, right up to the early twentieth century.