Leaves from Satan's Book (1920)

Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer

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)