Leaves from Satan's Book
Four stories from four ages are held together by one figure, Satan (Helge Nissen), who moves among the betrayal of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the Finnish war of 1918, and who is never quite the same man twice. Carl Theodor Dreyer lays the episodes side by side the way D.W. Griffith did in Intolerance. Across every century, ordinary people choose between loyalty and betrayal, and Satan is there to watch them choose.
Helge Nissenas Satan / The Grand Inquisitor / Erneste / Ivan
Halvard Hoffas Jesus (first sequence)
Jacob Texiereas Judas (first sequence) (as Jacob Texière)
Hallander Hellemanas Don Gomez de Castro (second sequence)
Ebon Strandinas Isabel - Castro's Daughter (second sequence)
Nalle Haldenas The Majordomo (second sequence)
Tenna Kraftas Marie Antoinette (third sequence)
Viggo Wieheas Count de Chambord (third sequence)
Emma Wieheas The Countess of Chambord (third sequence)
Jeanne Tramcourtas Lady Genevive de Chambord (third sequence)
Hugo Bruunas Count Manuel (third sequence)
Emil Helsengreenas The People's Commissar (third sequence)
Viggo Lindstrømas Old Pitou (third sequence)
Vilhelm Petersenas Fouquier-Tinville (third sequence)
Carlo Wiethas Paavo (fourth sequence)
Karina Bellas Naimi (fourth sequence)
Carl Hillebrandtas Rautamiemi (fourth sequence)
Christian Nielsenas Corporal Matti (fourth sequence)