Benjamin Christensen

Benjamin Christensen was born in Viborg in 1879, the youngest of twelve children. A medical student, he intended to become an opera singer, gave that up and became an actor before moving into cinema, where in 1914 he directed a spy film praised for its mastery. He worked in Sweden, acted in Berlin for Dreyer in 1924, then left for Hollywood, where until 1929 he directed horror stories. Back in Denmark, he made four more films from 1939 to 1942, then ran a small cinema and died in Copenhagen in 1959.

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• CinemaWitchcraft Through the AgesHäxanBenjamin Christensen · 1922Cinema