Leaves from Satan's Book

Carl Theodor Dreyer
1920-11-15


6.1
157 min

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

Name Character Team
Helge Nissen Satan / The Grand Inquisitor / Erneste / Ivan Unowned
Halvard Hoff Jesus (first sequence) Unowned
Jacob Texiere Judas (first sequence) (as Jacob Texière) Unowned
Hallander Helleman Don Gomez de Castro (second sequence) Unowned
Ebon Strandin Isabel - Castro's Daughter (second sequence) Unowned
Johannes Meyer Don Fernandez (second sequence) Unowned
Nalle Halden The Majordomo (second sequence) Unowned
Tenna Kraft Marie Antoinette (third sequence) Unowned
Viggo Wiehe Count de Chambord (third sequence) Unowned
Emma Wiehe The Countess of Chambord (third sequence) Unowned
Jeanne Tramcourt Lady Genevive de Chambord (third sequence) Unowned
Hugo Bruun Count Manuel (third sequence) Unowned
Elith Pio Joseph (third sequence) Unowned
Emil Helsengreen The People's Commissar (third sequence) Unowned
Viggo Lindstrøm Old Pitou (third sequence) Unowned
Vilhelm Petersen Fouquier-Tinville (third sequence) Unowned
Clara Pontoppidan Siri (fourth sequence) Unowned
Carlo Wieth Paavo (fourth sequence) Unowned
Karina Bell Naimi (fourth sequence) Unowned
Carl Hillebrandt Rautamiemi (fourth sequence) Unowned
Christian Nielsen Corporal Matti (fourth sequence) Unowned