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CARL TH. DREYER: LEAVES OUT OF THE BOOK OF SATAN
This DVD presents a HD transfer from a restored duplication negative, and represents the most complete version of the film available.
Bonus features of the disc include an alternate ending of LEAVES OUT OF THE BOOK OF SATAN, an extra reel of unedited material from the production, and a biography of director Carl Th. Dreyer.
Total Running Time: 2:43:10. Musical Accompaniment: Ronen Thalmay. With Danish Intertitles & English Subtitles.
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LEAVES OUT OF THE BOOK OF SATAN (1920) is the third film directed by
Danish master Carl Theodor Dreyer (The President, Once Upon a
Time, The Passion of Joan of Arc.) Inspired in part
by D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance, the film presents four
episodes describing how Satan must walk the Earth and tempt men to
evil. The first episode tells the story of the betrayal of Jesus by
Judas. The second episode, set in 16th-century Spain, presents Satan as
a Grand Inquisitor, who manipulates a tormented young monk into
committing an ugly rape. The third episode takes place during
the French Revolution, and the final episode portrays a family tragedy
during the Finnish civil war of 1918. The script was written in 1913 by
Danish author Edgard Høyer (the final episode was originally
set during the Russo-Japanese War); it is an original work and owes
nothing to Marie Corelli’s 1895 bestseller The Sorrows of
Satan, filmed by D.W. Griffith in 1926.
