Benjamin Christensen
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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1879-09-28 · Viborg, Denmark
- Died
- 1959-04-02
Known for
- Häxan (1922) — Devil
- Michael (1924) — Claude Zoret
- The Mysterious X (1914) — Lieutenant van Hauen
- The Mysterious Island (1929) — Director
- Blind Justice (1916) — "Strong" Henry/John
- Seven Footprints to Satan (1929) — Director
- Mockery (1927) — Director
- Witchcraft Through the Ages (1968) — Director
- The Devil's Circus (1926) — Director
- The Child (1940) — Director
- Children of Divorce (1939) — Writer
- Come Home with Me (1941) — Director
- His Wife, the Unknown (1923) — Director
- Lady with the Light Gloves (1942) — Director
- The Haunted House (1928) — Writer
- The Woman Who Did (1925) — Director