Blade af Satans Bog
AKA Leaves from Satan’s Book in the USA : [Pages from Satan’s Book], [Leaves from the Book of Satan]
(1921) Danish
B&W : 3254 metres
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer

Cast: Helge Nissen [Satan/The Grand Inquisitor/Erneste/Ivan], Halvard Hoff [Jesus Christ], Jacob Texiere [Judas], Erling Hansson [John], Hallander Helleman [Don Gomez de Castro], Ebon Strandin [Isabel de Castro, his daughter], Johannes Meyer [Don Fernandez], Nalle Halden [the majordomo], Tenna Fredericksen Kraft (Tenna Kraft) [Marie Antoinette], Viggo Wiehe [Count de Chambord], Emma Wiehe [Countess de Chambord], Jeanne Tramcourt [Lady Genevieve de Chambord], Hugo Bruun [Count Manuel], Elith Pio [Joseph], Emil Helsengreen [people’s commissar], Sven Scholander [Michonnet], Viggo Lindstrøm [old Pitou], Vilhelm Petersen [Fouquier-Tinville], Clara Wieth Pontoppidan (Clara Pontoppidan) [Siri], Carlo Wieth [Paavo], Karina Bell [Naimi], Carl Hillebrandt [Rautamiemi], Christian Nielsen [Corporal Matti], Wilhelm Jensen [carpenter]

Nordisk Films Kompagni production; distributed by Nordisk Films Kompagni. / Scenario by Edgar Høyer and Carl Theodor Dreyer, from the novel Satans Sorger by Marie Corelli. Art direction by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Cinematography by George Schnéevoigt. / Released 24 January 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was banned by the British Board of Film Censors in 1921. The film was released in Finland on 27 February 1922.

Drama: Historical.

Survival Status: Prints exist [35mm positive, 16mm reduction positive].

Listing updated: 13 March 2007.

References: Bardèche-History p. 186; Barry-Griffith p. 88; Everson-American pp. 98, 192; Limbacher-Feature p. 138; Robertson-British p. 186 : Website-IMDb.

Home Video: DVD.