Benjamin Christensen

Directing · Acting · Writing

Born September 28, 1879, Viborg, Denmark

Benjamin Christensen (28 September 1879 - 2 April 1959) was a Danish film director, screenwriter and an actor both in film and on the stage. As a director he is most well known for the 1922 film Häxan and as an actor, he is best known for his performance in the film Michael (1924), in which he plays Claude Zoret, the jilted lover of the film's title character.

Filmography

• 1968Witchcraft Through the Ages — Director
• 1942Lady with the Light Gloves — Director
• 1941Come Home with Me — Director
• 1940The Child — Director, Writer
• 1939Children of Divorce — Writer, Director
• 1929House of Horror — Director, Story
• 1929Seven Footprints to Satan — Director, Screenplay
• 1929The Mysterious Island — Director
• 1928The Haunted House — Writer, Director
• 1928The Hawk's Nest — Director
• 1927Mockery — Director, Story
• 1926The Devil's Circus — Director, Screenplay
• 1925The Woman Who Did — Director
• 1924Michael — Claude Zoret
• 1923His Wife, the Unknown — Director, Writer
• 1922Häxan — Devil, Director, Writer
• 1921Helgeninderne — Director
• 1916Blind Justice — "Strong" Henry/John, Director, Writer, Producer
• 1914The Mysterious X — Lieutenant van Hauen, Director, Writer, Production Design, Editor