1 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:37,947 The witch 2 00:00:38,038 --> 00:00:44,125 a cultural and historical presentation in moving images in seven parts. 3 00:00:47,839 --> 00:00:51,457 Benjamin Taufensen wrote the script and produced this film 4 00:00:51,552 --> 00:00:56,842 between the years 1919 and 1921. 5 00:00:56,932 --> 00:01:01,175 For photography I am grateful to Mr. Johan ankerstjerne 6 00:01:01,270 --> 00:01:05,388 and to Mr Richard Louw for the art direction. 7 00:01:05,482 --> 00:01:10,101 My main sources are mentioned in the theater program. 8 00:01:10,195 --> 00:01:15,235 Let's look at the history of mysticism and try to explain 9 00:01:15,325 --> 00:01:20,285 the mysterious chapter known as the Witch. 10 00:01:29,172 --> 00:01:33,290 Belief in magic and witchcraft 11 00:01:33,385 --> 00:01:37,549 is probably as old as humanity itself. 12 00:01:37,639 --> 00:01:42,099 When primitive man is confronted with something incomprehensible, 13 00:01:42,185 --> 00:01:48,055 The explanation is always Magic and evil spirits. 14 00:01:48,150 --> 00:01:53,565 In Persia the imaginary creatures shown in the following image 15 00:01:53,655 --> 00:01:58,695 were therefore believed be the cause of diseases. 16 00:02:10,255 --> 00:02:15,591 The English scientist Rawlinson and French scientist Maspero 17 00:02:15,677 --> 00:02:19,044 show us pictures of evil spirits 18 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:24,975 believed to have lived among the first civilizations. 19 00:02:44,206 --> 00:02:47,915 Belief in evil spirits Sorcery and witchcraft 20 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:52,165 is the result of naive ideas about the mystery of the universe. 21 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:02,345 Here we see how the ancient Egyptians perceived the shape of the world 22 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:18,187 The ancient Egyptians believed these high mountains 23 00:03:18,281 --> 00:03:21,899 Land and water surrounded on all sides. 24 00:03:24,746 --> 00:03:28,364 The sky was believed to be made of steel and supported by strong pillars 25 00:03:28,458 --> 00:03:30,699 that rested on the high mountains. 26 00:03:38,802 --> 00:03:43,592 The stars, like lamps, hung from the sky on ropes. 27 00:03:48,562 --> 00:03:51,679 According to the beliefs other ancient civilizations, 28 00:03:51,773 --> 00:03:55,561 The sky was vaulted and the earth formed into terraces. 29 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:10,660 The evil spirits of antiquity became devil in medieval folklore, 30 00:04:10,751 --> 00:04:13,743 sneak around and seduce children. 31 00:04:35,525 --> 00:04:38,232 The devils lived in the depths of the earth, 32 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:42,063 something in the late Middle Ages was thought to be a stationary sphere 33 00:04:42,157 --> 00:04:44,273 at the center of the universe. 34 00:04:47,287 --> 00:04:50,654 The earth and its waters surround - 35 00:04:56,171 --> 00:05:00,084 - The medieval man first imagined a layer of air - 36 00:05:06,473 --> 00:05:09,215 - Then a layer of fire - 37 00:05:14,523 --> 00:05:19,438 - And outside the fire were the planets, moving celestial bodies. 38 00:05:30,205 --> 00:05:35,040 Every planet was connected into a transparent, moving ball. 39 00:05:41,424 --> 00:05:44,006 And outside the planetary spheres 40 00:05:44,094 --> 00:05:47,131 were the fixed stars arranged in its own sky. 41 00:05:59,693 --> 00:06:02,810 Especially in the tenth crystal ball 42 00:06:02,904 --> 00:06:05,941 sits the Almighty surrounded by nine choirs of angels... 43 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:14,158 And he is the one this keeps the balls rotating. 44 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:34,800 Hell lies deep in the core of the earth, 45 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:39,685 where those who are tempted by the devil will suffer forever. 46 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:51,609 In the upper part of the following picture 47 00:06:51,703 --> 00:06:56,322 We see devils stuffing the damned in large cauldrons. 48 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:09,255 A sinner is thrown straight into the fire under one of the cauldrons. 49 00:07:16,061 --> 00:07:22,182 A devil pours out evil, seeping sulfur from a horn into a man's throat. 50 00:07:27,238 --> 00:07:32,403 Two monsters torment some of the damned with their sharp teeth. 51 00:07:37,874 --> 00:07:41,867 I found a strange one ancient mechanical representation of hell, 52 00:07:41,962 --> 00:07:46,001 that provides a good understanding of beliefs in the Middle Ages. 53 00:08:03,316 --> 00:08:05,932 Watch the fervor with which the two devils 54 00:08:06,027 --> 00:08:08,063 tend to fire under the kettles! 55 00:08:14,202 --> 00:08:17,786 In the Middle Ages, devil and hell 56 00:08:17,872 --> 00:08:21,831 were considered genuine and constantly feared. 57 00:08:30,093 --> 00:08:33,711 Witches are said to have signed an illegal pact with the devil, 58 00:08:33,805 --> 00:08:36,888 and therefore They were burned at the stake. 59 00:08:43,148 --> 00:08:45,480 The floating figure at the top of the picture 60 00:08:45,567 --> 00:08:48,934 is a devil who comes to get the witch by lifting them into the air. 61 00:08:55,952 --> 00:08:59,160 These next two pictures of Pyren 62 00:08:59,247 --> 00:09:04,116 come from German life in the past in pictures. 63 00:09:09,924 --> 00:09:13,087 In this picture A witch milks an ax handle. 64 00:09:17,348 --> 00:09:20,840 In the following picture A witch cast a spell on a man's shoe. 65 00:09:27,609 --> 00:09:30,726 Witches usually meet in councils. 66 00:09:36,951 --> 00:09:39,863 And after the meeting they could, for example 67 00:09:39,954 --> 00:09:42,696 sneak into a barn and charm a cow. 68 00:09:48,046 --> 00:09:51,504 The small angle symbol under the drawing 69 00:09:51,591 --> 00:09:55,300 was usually carved into the barn door as protection against witches. 70 00:09:59,307 --> 00:10:02,094 In this primitive drawing a wizard and a witch cast spells, 71 00:10:02,185 --> 00:10:04,016 set a village on fire. 72 00:10:12,779 --> 00:10:15,646 Witches were believed To curse people with diseases 73 00:10:15,740 --> 00:10:18,857 with the help of witch powder and magic potions. 74 00:10:25,834 --> 00:10:28,746 Notice how the sick person lies naked in bed. 75 00:10:28,837 --> 00:10:31,328 This was common in the past. 76 00:10:35,593 --> 00:10:39,085 It was a common belief that the witch was naked at night when, 77 00:10:39,180 --> 00:10:42,798 during the so-called witches' sabbath She danced with the devils. 78 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:55,143 Women who wanted to participate in the "Sabbath" 79 00:10:55,238 --> 00:10:57,399 sneaked up to a witch... 80 00:11:03,413 --> 00:11:06,905 Where they could have their backs smeared with “witch ointment”. 81 00:11:13,423 --> 00:11:17,041 The magic of the ointment would allow them to fly through the air. 82 00:11:33,818 --> 00:11:36,935 From a work by French doctors bourneville and teinturier 83 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:40,113 I took the following pictures from the witches' sabbath... 84 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:44,284 A secret satanic rite practiced by thousands by women claiming to have taken part. 85 00:11:44,370 --> 00:11:47,703 Witches and wizards on the Sabbath first desecrate the holy cross of the church. 86 00:11:53,671 --> 00:11:58,836 The devil baptizes each participant from the Sabbath with devil names. 87 00:12:04,349 --> 00:12:07,933 And a ceremonial banquet takes place. 88 00:12:13,691 --> 00:12:17,400 The Sabbath meal was prepared often of corpses from the gallows. 89 00:12:24,953 --> 00:12:29,947 All witches had to show the devil her respect by kissing his butt. 90 00:12:41,886 --> 00:12:44,548 After a merry dance with the devils, 91 00:12:44,639 --> 00:12:47,426 The witches fly home at the rooster's first crow. 92 00:12:57,694 --> 00:13:01,061 These scenes are often depicted in famous images of the Witches' Sabbath 93 00:13:01,155 --> 00:13:04,147 from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. 94 00:13:50,997 --> 00:13:53,579 Sequel follows. 95 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:55,782 The Witch Part 2 96 00:13:55,877 --> 00:13:59,369 Through the imagination we travel now into the underground house of a witch 97 00:13:59,464 --> 00:14:01,295 in the year of our Lord 1488. 98 00:14:29,327 --> 00:14:32,285 "Tonight the stars shine favorably over the gallows hill. " 99 00:15:25,550 --> 00:15:27,541 "Ugh, what a smell! 100 00:15:27,635 --> 00:15:30,502 This thief's body was hanging too long on the gallows. " 101 00:15:58,124 --> 00:16:01,241 "When a thief's finger is too dry 102 00:16:01,335 --> 00:16:05,419 it can no longer impart the brew any healing power. " 103 00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:25,750 "Hurry up and open, Karna, so that passers-by don't see me. " 104 00:17:49,527 --> 00:17:52,189 “Karna, maybe you can Get me a love potion 105 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,898 that has power over a pious man of the church? " 106 00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:15,003 And dove hearts, cooked during the full moon. " 107 00:18:20,558 --> 00:18:25,848 "A drop of this in a man's drink will immediately soften his heart. " 108 00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:13,979 “Karna, I can have it an even stronger potion? " 109 00:19:19,116 --> 00:19:23,860 “If the girl wants to drive the man out of his mind for love..." 110 00:19:28,501 --> 00:19:33,962 "I made a potion in May from a young and playful male sparrow. " 111 00:21:15,483 --> 00:21:20,819 "Hold your coins, girl! Smell my ointment first! “ 112 00:21:30,206 --> 00:21:32,117 "This ointment is good, 113 00:21:32,208 --> 00:21:35,666 should you want to travel Broken one night. " 114 00:21:38,964 --> 00:21:41,797 “Smear this ointment secretly 115 00:21:41,884 --> 00:21:47,095 and the pious monk could Come straight to your room. " 116 00:21:51,435 --> 00:21:54,598 "You'll fly high then together in the night air 117 00:21:54,688 --> 00:21:57,725 and he will give you lots of hungry kisses. " 118 00:23:47,343 --> 00:23:49,550 "Listen, brother, shouldn't we pray? 119 00:23:49,637 --> 00:23:52,629 before we embark on such a bold undertaking? " 120 00:23:57,436 --> 00:23:59,142 "O holy mother, 121 00:23:59,229 --> 00:24:02,517 forgive us for cutting open the corpse of a person with a knife! " 122 00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:10,984 “It’s not out of premature curiosity that we sin so badly..." 123 00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:19,243 “But with that, the causes from many terrible diseases 124 00:24:19,333 --> 00:24:22,791 could be revealed to us. " 125 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:03,620 "Help! Hurry up! Peace in the cemetery was desecrated by two witches. " 126 00:25:06,296 --> 00:25:09,333 That's how the Middle Ages were, if witchcraft and the work of the devil 127 00:25:09,425 --> 00:25:11,757 were found everywhere. 128 00:25:11,844 --> 00:25:15,132 So many strange events happened. 129 00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:42,246 “You shouldn’t lie here and enchant the legs of honest people, devil woman! " 130 00:25:46,545 --> 00:25:52,541 "Watch out! Now your dirty mouth should remain open for all eternity. " 131 00:26:15,491 --> 00:26:18,028 Like witchcraft this is how it is with the devil: 132 00:26:18,118 --> 00:26:21,235 People's faith in him was so strong in the Middle Ages 133 00:26:21,330 --> 00:26:22,945 that he became real. 134 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,433 The devil is everywhere and takes all forms. 135 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:48,104 He shows himself as a nightmare, an angry demon, a seducer, 136 00:26:48,190 --> 00:26:50,852 a lover and a knight. 137 00:28:25,162 --> 00:28:27,494 The devil's companion can be young and beautiful, 138 00:28:27,581 --> 00:28:30,243 but she is often old, poor and miserable. 139 00:28:50,229 --> 00:28:54,222 Is it because of your eternal fear of the stake? that you get drunk night after night, 140 00:28:54,316 --> 00:28:56,978 you poor old woman of the Middle Ages? 141 00:29:13,919 --> 00:29:15,875 When the evening bell rings in the night 142 00:29:15,963 --> 00:29:18,329 and all the fires in the city are covered with ash, 143 00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:20,960 The devil takes Apelone for his adventures. 144 00:30:13,186 --> 00:30:16,644 High up in the air lies Apelone's dream castle, 145 00:30:16,732 --> 00:30:20,475 and there the devil fulfills all her secret desires. 146 00:34:31,486 --> 00:34:34,023 Sequel follows. 147 00:34:34,114 --> 00:34:36,321 The Witch Part 3 148 00:34:36,408 --> 00:34:40,401 in rites and rights in the German past by Franz Heinemann, 149 00:34:40,495 --> 00:34:44,408 we can observe images of inquisition judges at work. 150 00:34:56,845 --> 00:34:59,632 A woman accused of witchcraft is thrown into the water 151 00:34:59,723 --> 00:35:01,839 to find out whether she is guilty or not. 152 00:35:09,691 --> 00:35:16,187 In the history of customs, Edward foxes shows us how the defendant is tied up. 153 00:35:21,536 --> 00:35:24,699 Two executioners use oars to bring the defendant into deeper water 154 00:35:24,789 --> 00:35:26,745 where she can't touch the ground. 155 00:35:33,048 --> 00:35:35,630 When she swims, She is pulled up and burned. 156 00:35:35,717 --> 00:35:38,459 When it sinks, the judges thank God for her innocence. 157 00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:47,385 I will now illustrate a witch trial From start to finish 158 00:35:47,479 --> 00:35:49,344 that is taking place at that time 159 00:35:49,439 --> 00:35:52,226 when the Pope sent on trips Inquisition judge to Germany. 160 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:14,327 “Oh, it couldn’t have been my husband so suddenly struck by dizziness 161 00:36:14,422 --> 00:36:16,959 unless a witch cast a spell on him! “ 162 00:36:19,094 --> 00:36:21,506 "Be comforted, Anna, the printer's wife, 163 00:36:21,596 --> 00:36:24,713 the power of leadership will reveal it soon. " 164 00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:10,888 "O mighty Saturn, Let this lead show 165 00:37:10,979 --> 00:37:13,721 when Jesper the printer is bewitched. " 166 00:37:52,604 --> 00:37:55,596 "It's written here in the shape of the mine 167 00:37:55,690 --> 00:37:59,603 that his dizziness is due to cruel witchcraft. " 168 00:38:49,619 --> 00:38:53,077 “Oh Peter, look. Where is the evil witch? " 169 00:38:56,084 --> 00:39:00,498 “You could see this witch before you want..." 170 00:39:08,096 --> 00:39:10,337 "Before I want to." 171 00:39:29,659 --> 00:39:31,524 "Jesus holy cross and wounds! 172 00:39:31,619 --> 00:39:34,076 I didn't hear you coming, Mary the weaver! " 173 00:39:37,292 --> 00:39:39,624 "Oh, girl, please have mercy on me, 174 00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:42,828 a poor woman who has to go Begging from door to door! " 175 00:39:46,301 --> 00:39:48,838 "Are you hungry, Maria? If so, sit down." 176 00:40:10,450 --> 00:40:13,533 "Here. Eat now if you can, in the name of Jesus. " 177 00:40:42,649 --> 00:40:46,733 “Watch out, little sister, watch out. This woman has evil eyes. " 178 00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,362 "The youngest servant of the Inquisition 179 00:42:14,449 --> 00:42:16,690 is not allowed to exchange words with a strange girl. " 180 00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:25,016 "How wonderful! It burned like fire as the young girl took my arm. " 181 00:43:36,405 --> 00:43:38,487 "Young girl, you know it very well 182 00:43:38,574 --> 00:43:41,441 what you are accusing this woman of endangers your life! " 183 00:43:44,622 --> 00:43:49,707 "Swear by the cross that you are not deadly enemies! “ 184 00:44:16,404 --> 00:44:19,066 "Let's go, young men, before their feet are lifted 185 00:44:19,157 --> 00:44:22,775 thus the evil witch won't turn us all into mice. " 186 00:44:46,893 --> 00:44:49,509 "Now you can have a scalding death, exactly what you deserve, 187 00:44:49,604 --> 00:44:51,595 you damn mistress of the devil! " 188 00:45:05,161 --> 00:45:07,072 To be continued. 189 00:45:07,163 --> 00:45:09,074 The Witch Part 4 190 00:45:09,165 --> 00:45:11,622 so that she doesn't wear hidden witch powder, 191 00:45:11,709 --> 00:45:15,167 two "honest" matrons will change the defendant's clothing in prison. 192 00:45:24,138 --> 00:45:27,847 "Mary the weaver has just been brought here, accused of witchcraft. " 193 00:45:32,521 --> 00:45:34,432 "Master, look closely, 194 00:45:34,523 --> 00:45:37,981 Witch powder may be hidden in the hair on the witch's body. " 195 00:45:58,172 --> 00:46:02,256 The suspect's nights are now dictated by the inquisition judges. 196 00:46:06,097 --> 00:46:09,681 Two honorable men try amiably to persuade her to confess. 197 00:46:56,814 --> 00:47:02,730 If she stubbornly denies her accusations, They will use some kind of mental torture. 198 00:47:21,630 --> 00:47:25,373 "Woman, look here at the seven holy words of Jesus on the cross, 199 00:47:25,468 --> 00:47:27,880 written on consecrated parchment. “ 200 00:47:35,728 --> 00:47:38,265 “I will hang it around her neck 201 00:47:38,356 --> 00:47:42,019 with that the devil will no longer help her to remain silent. " 202 00:47:46,989 --> 00:47:52,029 “Does she see that length? made of consecrated wax as the body of Christ? " 203 00:47:59,001 --> 00:48:02,414 The defendant is taken backwards into the torture chamber, 204 00:48:02,505 --> 00:48:05,463 so as not to charm the judge upon entering. 205 00:48:33,994 --> 00:48:35,700 "For the last time I ask: 206 00:48:35,788 --> 00:48:38,575 Does she want to confess? their witchcraft and their misdeeds? " 207 00:48:53,848 --> 00:48:57,887 “Let their suffering begin so that we can Put an end to the hardness of her heart. " 208 00:49:26,380 --> 00:49:28,336 "Oh, you learned men! 209 00:49:28,424 --> 00:49:31,632 How do you expect me to confess? to what is not true? " 210 00:49:54,158 --> 00:49:59,118 "Well, Rasmus the Executioner! Now let the body of the evil witch be pierced. " 211 00:50:22,645 --> 00:50:26,513 "Let her catch her breath, Rasmus the Executioner, 212 00:50:26,607 --> 00:50:30,395 and loosen the screw one by one how she confesses her sins! " 213 00:50:43,791 --> 00:50:45,656 "Oh, learned men! 214 00:50:45,751 --> 00:50:49,460 I confess that I gave birth to many children fathered by the devil. " 215 00:51:03,185 --> 00:51:07,770 "And when I gave birth, Karna and her coven helped me. " 216 00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:15,185 "If I'm spared the pain, 217 00:51:15,281 --> 00:51:18,239 I will confess that Trina smeared me with witch ointment. " 218 00:52:28,562 --> 00:52:31,178 "Oh yes, learned men, miserable me has flown 219 00:52:31,273 --> 00:52:34,891 bubbling through the night air on Trina's broom. " 220 00:53:24,535 --> 00:53:28,494 "And there sat the devil's grandmother with all their witchcraft. " 221 00:54:05,451 --> 00:54:09,911 "And there were many a witch who hadn't done it enough evil deeds done 222 00:54:09,997 --> 00:54:12,409 was treated miserably by the devil. “ 223 00:54:52,873 --> 00:54:57,082 “And there they spit on mass and to everything that is holy. " 224 00:55:07,888 --> 00:55:10,129 “And a meal of toads and unbaptized children 225 00:55:10,224 --> 00:55:11,885 was cooked by Karna. " 226 00:55:58,272 --> 00:56:00,354 "Listen, Mary the weaver, 227 00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:04,149 Did you also see how the devil made his mark? on the witches' foreheads? " 228 00:56:07,656 --> 00:56:11,945 "Oh, learned men, I have seen the witches kiss the bad guy on his butt. " 229 00:56:47,195 --> 00:56:49,732 "And Anna's mother, the printer's wife, 230 00:56:49,823 --> 00:56:51,688 wished me a scalding death - " 231 00:56:58,290 --> 00:57:01,453 "-That damn woman, I saw her kissing the evil one so tenderly... 232 00:57:01,543 --> 00:57:04,285 And Sissel, her servant - that old fool - Was there too." 233 00:57:15,807 --> 00:57:20,722 "And Elsa, who kicked me a while ago, she should also burn at the stake. " 234 00:57:25,984 --> 00:57:30,728 "She walked past Martin, the writer's door a moonlit night with her sister. “ 235 00:57:54,221 --> 00:57:56,758 "And they cast a difficult spell on Martin the writer 236 00:57:56,848 --> 00:57:59,385 with the water they threw at his door. " 237 00:58:11,279 --> 00:58:15,818 “And it was the same night this death took Martin the writer. " 238 00:58:28,672 --> 00:58:31,379 "And now I'm going to tell you everything about the witches, 239 00:58:31,466 --> 00:58:34,378 who scream for me on the street where I live. " 240 00:58:45,313 --> 00:58:47,895 To be continued. 241 00:58:47,983 --> 00:58:49,894 The Witch Part 5 242 00:58:49,985 --> 00:58:52,727 This is how the endless cycle begins the witchcraft era. 243 00:58:52,821 --> 00:58:56,655 Each witch gives away 10 others. The city guards have a lot to do. 244 01:00:46,852 --> 01:00:50,720 If you resist the capture of a witch, you must be a witch yourself. 245 01:00:50,814 --> 01:00:54,398 The fate of young Anna The printer's wife is sealed. 246 01:01:06,955 --> 01:01:12,495 Now there are only two people left in Jesper the printer's haunted house. 247 01:01:18,216 --> 01:01:21,504 During the witchcraft era it was dangerous to be old and ugly, 248 01:01:21,595 --> 01:01:25,429 but it wasn't safe to be young and pretty. 249 01:01:47,829 --> 01:01:50,662 "Brother, help me. My thoughts are sinful. " 250 01:02:11,102 --> 01:02:13,434 "Bare your body, brother!" 251 01:02:41,633 --> 01:02:43,589 "I will whip your sinful body 252 01:02:43,677 --> 01:02:46,009 and your poor soul until you are cleansed. " 253 01:03:13,873 --> 01:03:16,956 "Oh brother, why did you stop hitting me? with the scourge? 254 01:03:17,043 --> 01:03:19,785 Now my soul will surely be damned. " 255 01:03:34,394 --> 01:03:37,932 "Father Henrik, Brother John is spellbound. " 256 01:03:43,111 --> 01:03:47,320 "A witch appears in his cell and tries him. " 257 01:04:17,687 --> 01:04:21,771 "And she grabbed his wrist." 258 01:04:46,591 --> 01:04:49,333 “Get up, brother. Father Henrik is coming. " 259 01:04:58,686 --> 01:05:02,679 “Brother, you didn’t blame the maiden of witchcraft, right? " 260 01:05:22,043 --> 01:05:26,457 “You know the punishment for this one who refuse to bear witness against a witch. " 261 01:05:41,688 --> 01:05:47,274 And that's how they come for you too, young girl, to give you their infallible test. 262 01:05:56,578 --> 01:05:59,820 "In the name of the Holy Trinity, if you're not a witch, 263 01:05:59,914 --> 01:06:01,950 you will shed tears now! " 264 01:06:06,087 --> 01:06:10,547 "See for yourself - you can't shed tears, how you are allied with evil. " 265 01:06:14,971 --> 01:06:18,134 We accept now that the young woman resists; 266 01:06:18,224 --> 01:06:21,387 that no threat and no pain can persuade her to confess. 267 01:06:30,195 --> 01:06:33,107 I tried to find out as this pious Inquisition judges 268 01:06:33,198 --> 01:06:35,029 behaved under such circumstances. 269 01:07:08,149 --> 01:07:10,231 And I see some scenes in front of me, 270 01:07:10,318 --> 01:07:14,186 which I think I didn't depict too dark here on the white screen. 271 01:07:38,846 --> 01:07:42,338 "Wake up, young girl! I bring you great happiness. " 272 01:09:20,865 --> 01:09:23,026 "Look, young girl, I give you your freedom - 273 01:09:23,117 --> 01:09:25,950 If only you would show me a small favor for that. “ 274 01:09:28,665 --> 01:09:30,951 "Why do you mock me, monk? 275 01:09:31,042 --> 01:09:34,250 What favor can a poor creature like me have? are you showing? " 276 01:09:42,804 --> 01:09:47,298 "Teach me the fine art make thunder with this water! " 277 01:10:30,351 --> 01:10:33,263 "If you don't want to take my word, young girl, 278 01:10:33,354 --> 01:10:36,767 Stand up and pay attention in the prison yard. " 279 01:11:01,340 --> 01:11:03,831 "Have the guards left?" 280 01:11:06,387 --> 01:11:09,754 "Yeah, they've gone far away, girl. The keys are now in my hand 281 01:11:09,849 --> 01:11:13,262 and I can take you out secretly tonight through the city gates. “ 282 01:11:25,198 --> 01:11:28,361 "And I swear eternal silence for you, girl, 283 01:11:28,451 --> 01:11:32,444 about everything you will reveal about witchcraft with thunder. " 284 01:11:48,095 --> 01:11:50,837 "Remember, girl, this Jesper, the printer's child, 285 01:11:50,932 --> 01:11:54,015 is all alone in the world, no relatives except you. " 286 01:12:28,177 --> 01:12:31,169 "Oh, Father Henrik, see the tears of the young virgin. 287 01:12:31,264 --> 01:12:34,347 Look, she's crying, therefore she cannot be a witch. " 288 01:12:39,939 --> 01:12:43,978 "Stupid boy! Don't you know these witches? secretly smear with spit 289 01:12:44,068 --> 01:12:46,684 so that we believe they are tears? " 290 01:13:06,632 --> 01:13:10,591 "Here, girl, see the child who will perish miserably 291 01:13:10,678 --> 01:13:14,546 as dishonorable, Witch offspring rejected without you. " 292 01:13:32,450 --> 01:13:35,408 “Stand here and listen to everyone the words of the Virgin, 293 01:13:35,494 --> 01:13:38,361 so you can later bear witness against them. " 294 01:13:46,339 --> 01:13:51,709 "And will you secretly open the prison door? for the child and me when I speak? " 295 01:13:56,891 --> 01:14:03,888 "Then I will tell you that I heard once a traveling stonemason mention..." 296 01:14:07,193 --> 01:14:12,779 "That when witches call for thunder, they put their hands in the water..." 297 01:14:20,456 --> 01:14:21,866 "You hardened witch! 298 01:14:21,958 --> 01:14:25,041 Before the sun goes down tomorrow, you will burn alive at the stake. " 299 01:14:49,443 --> 01:14:51,684 "And then they'll burn you too, girl, 300 01:14:51,779 --> 01:14:54,771 as edification for man, as a sweet fragrance to God. " 301 01:14:54,865 --> 01:14:57,277 And one pyre after another burns in the town square 302 01:14:57,368 --> 01:15:01,111 until the judges one day become move on to the next town. 303 01:15:08,462 --> 01:15:12,296 The witch madness, like a spiritual plague, 304 01:15:12,383 --> 01:15:15,341 Devastation wherever these judges go. 305 01:15:28,983 --> 01:15:32,817 Within a few centuries over eight million women, men and children 306 01:15:32,903 --> 01:15:35,110 were burned as witches. 307 01:15:43,372 --> 01:15:44,737 Sequel follows. 308 01:15:44,832 --> 01:15:46,288 The Witch Part 6 309 01:15:46,375 --> 01:15:50,084 There are witch confessions these are completely crazy. 310 01:15:50,171 --> 01:15:53,083 Many women, for example confess that - turned into cats - 311 01:15:53,174 --> 01:15:57,042 they defiled the altar during the night, while two devils in the form of animals 312 01:15:57,136 --> 01:15:59,502 stood guard at the church door. 313 01:16:28,334 --> 01:16:33,624 But there are also confessions that may well be close to the truth 314 01:16:33,714 --> 01:16:36,831 from the time when superstition reigned. 315 01:16:48,896 --> 01:16:52,434 Many women were burned because they stood 316 01:16:52,525 --> 01:16:55,892 that they have bewitched a marriage bed by “tying a knot”. 317 01:17:21,679 --> 01:17:24,967 For each node, one pregnancy is destroyed. 318 01:17:27,977 --> 01:17:31,094 And the happiness of an entire house could be ruined 319 01:17:31,188 --> 01:17:33,850 with witch hair and metal crosses. 320 01:17:43,742 --> 01:17:47,655 Many women have probably used it magic tricks like that 321 01:17:47,746 --> 01:17:51,238 and believed in their destructive effects. 322 01:17:51,333 --> 01:17:53,995 But completely understandable the confessions of the witches, 323 01:17:54,086 --> 01:17:57,999 we have to take a closer look on the devices in the torture chamber. 324 01:18:21,864 --> 01:18:25,356 You and I would probably get a ride too to confess mysterious talents 325 01:18:25,451 --> 01:18:28,443 with the help of such tools. Isn't that so? 326 01:19:49,994 --> 01:19:55,364 The French doctor Paul regnard describes how this collar was used. 327 01:20:02,464 --> 01:20:06,207 The collar was tightened with the help of four tensioned ropes. 328 01:20:14,101 --> 01:20:16,558 The defendant's wrists and ankles 329 01:20:16,645 --> 01:20:19,728 were tied to two iron bars screwed to the floor. 330 01:20:24,695 --> 01:20:29,064 If a fire bowl was placed under the poor victim - 331 01:20:32,411 --> 01:20:34,242 - His movements became so violent 332 01:20:34,330 --> 01:20:36,616 that the tips of the collar kicked his neck. 333 01:20:39,918 --> 01:20:42,876 Doctor Regnard shows a different picture, that speaks for itself. 334 01:20:42,963 --> 01:20:45,454 It's called simple "After the interrogation." 335 01:20:57,061 --> 01:21:00,804 The “painful interrogation” preferably started with a “lighter” torture. 336 01:21:00,898 --> 01:21:03,139 For example the knurled screw. 337 01:21:13,786 --> 01:21:16,698 One of my actresses insisted when trying out the knurled screw 338 01:21:16,789 --> 01:21:18,700 when we took these pictures. 339 01:21:25,297 --> 01:21:28,209 I will not reveal the horrific confessions 340 01:21:28,300 --> 01:21:31,337 I forced myself away from the young lady in less than a minute. 341 01:21:35,974 --> 01:21:38,886 In the monasteries in the Middle Ages, Fear of the devil 342 01:21:38,977 --> 01:21:41,639 escalated into almost hopeless despair. 343 01:21:54,910 --> 01:21:59,870 The pious submitted for many, an unfortunate self-punishment. 344 01:22:19,476 --> 01:22:21,762 Often a single nun was seized by madness, 345 01:22:21,854 --> 01:22:24,766 and suddenly afterwards the whole monastery was overhauled - 346 01:22:29,778 --> 01:22:32,611 - A mysterious, contagious madness. 347 01:22:37,369 --> 01:22:39,610 In writings that have survived to this day, 348 01:22:39,705 --> 01:22:42,788 these unfortunate women wrote with touching simplicity 349 01:22:42,875 --> 01:22:44,957 how the devil entered the monastery. 350 01:23:19,828 --> 01:23:22,535 "Get away from me, Satan!" 351 01:25:15,485 --> 01:25:17,316 "May all good saints stand by me! 352 01:25:17,404 --> 01:25:20,237 Sister Cecilia gives in with evil. " 353 01:26:46,535 --> 01:26:49,368 Like these religious women must have suffered 354 01:26:49,454 --> 01:26:53,288 before her nerves deserted her and madness broke out! 355 01:26:53,375 --> 01:26:56,367 In their biographies This desperate cry can always be found: 356 01:26:56,461 --> 01:26:59,328 The devil forced us to do this! 357 01:27:11,143 --> 01:27:15,307 "O holy mother, the evil one has terrible power! " 358 01:27:18,316 --> 01:27:22,935 “Look, now he’s forcing me to do what I least want! " 359 01:27:59,065 --> 01:28:01,602 "Burn me at the stake, pious fathers! 360 01:28:01,693 --> 01:28:04,685 Can't you see? what does the evil one force me to do? " 361 01:28:13,163 --> 01:28:14,903 "Take me! Don't you see him? 362 01:28:14,998 --> 01:28:17,489 The bad guy is over there and threatens me. " 363 01:28:20,504 --> 01:28:21,994 To be continued. 364 01:28:22,088 --> 01:28:24,170 The Witch Part 7 365 01:28:24,257 --> 01:28:29,718 We leave aside the actual possession of the devil 366 01:28:29,805 --> 01:28:32,922 and come to the present. 367 01:28:33,016 --> 01:28:36,179 The majority of witches in the old days were poor women; 368 01:28:36,269 --> 01:28:41,559 the ones being recorded these days from religious organizations and nursing homes. 369 01:28:57,249 --> 01:29:00,992 One or more properties that could attract attention to an old woman 370 01:29:01,086 --> 01:29:04,749 was enough to bring her to court during the witchcraft era. 371 01:29:24,609 --> 01:29:29,399 Let's not believe that the devil belongs exclusively to the past. 372 01:29:29,489 --> 01:29:33,402 The beautiful old woman who plays the role of Mary the weaver in my film 373 01:29:33,493 --> 01:29:37,657 once raised her tired face to me during a break from filming - 374 01:29:41,209 --> 01:29:46,920 - and said: "The devil is real. I saw him sitting by my bed. " 375 01:29:52,095 --> 01:29:55,929 With the old woman's permission, I am showing a prayer book here 376 01:29:56,016 --> 01:30:00,225 in which a woman claims to know the true form of the devil. 377 01:30:42,854 --> 01:30:46,688 The witch's madness can be explained as nervous exhaustion, 378 01:30:46,775 --> 01:30:49,437 what I will try to illustrate here. 379 01:30:49,527 --> 01:30:51,518 I ask my viewers to understand 380 01:30:51,613 --> 01:30:54,275 that in the following scenes I leave the same actress - 381 01:30:54,366 --> 01:30:59,656 - represent many different patients suffer from related nervous disorders. 382 01:31:08,755 --> 01:31:11,292 I knew it personally a very nervous young woman 383 01:31:11,383 --> 01:31:13,294 who often walked in her sleep. 384 01:31:13,385 --> 01:31:16,092 Why did she always appear in her sleep? 385 01:31:16,179 --> 01:31:19,387 the act she feared most perform? 386 01:31:37,867 --> 01:31:41,576 Like a witch forced by the devil, this woman - 387 01:31:41,663 --> 01:31:43,824 both in sleep and while awake - 388 01:31:43,915 --> 01:31:47,453 succumbs to a mysterious one Craving matches. 389 01:31:52,257 --> 01:31:57,251 Did this obsession have anything to do with it? with the pathological fear of fire 390 01:31:57,345 --> 01:32:00,462 It developed after one broke out in her house? 391 01:32:17,824 --> 01:32:20,691 She stated that she felt like she was fighting 392 01:32:20,785 --> 01:32:23,822 against an unknown force stronger than her own will. 393 01:32:35,842 --> 01:32:38,959 Isn't there something "witchy" about it? about this sleepwalker 394 01:32:39,054 --> 01:32:42,763 who moves through sleep household with their matches? 395 01:33:10,960 --> 01:33:13,042 Doesn't she remind us of the nun? 396 01:33:13,129 --> 01:33:17,338 who walks through the chapel forced by the devil with her knife? 397 01:33:28,228 --> 01:33:32,437 This poor woman even in a dreamlike state, 398 01:33:32,524 --> 01:33:35,687 does exactly what she fears most. 399 01:33:43,618 --> 01:33:48,032 These compulsive actions these somnambulistic, dazed states 400 01:33:48,123 --> 01:33:53,993 are in harmony with nervous diseases We call it hysteria. 401 01:33:54,087 --> 01:33:56,669 And there are even more connections 402 01:33:56,756 --> 01:33:59,873 between the medieval witch and the modern hysterical person. 403 01:33:59,968 --> 01:34:01,549 We remember, for example 404 01:34:01,636 --> 01:34:04,594 that the witch received every night Visits from the devil. 405 01:34:19,779 --> 01:34:22,771 For today's witch it's not the devil, 406 01:34:22,866 --> 01:34:26,029 but a famous actor, a popular clergyman 407 01:34:26,119 --> 01:34:30,408 or a well-known doctor who disturbs the peace of the night. 408 01:34:38,339 --> 01:34:41,251 The hysterical person will undoubtedly say 409 01:34:41,342 --> 01:34:45,176 that these celebrities come to her through the wall or window. 410 01:35:37,649 --> 01:35:41,892 Notice how intentional This unconscious woman is holding on to her bed. 411 01:35:41,986 --> 01:35:46,571 Artificial mannerisms like this are always issued by people affected by hysteria. 412 01:36:11,307 --> 01:36:14,140 It was believed in the Middle Ages that during the Sabbath 413 01:36:14,227 --> 01:36:16,843 The devil has left some invisible traces on the witch's body 414 01:36:16,938 --> 01:36:18,599 where all sensitivity disappeared. 415 01:36:34,706 --> 01:36:37,789 The executioner often found insensitive areas 416 01:36:37,875 --> 01:36:40,116 on the defendant's back. 417 01:36:58,938 --> 01:37:01,179 "I see clearly that you are a witch. 418 01:37:01,274 --> 01:37:05,233 You don't even feel the master's instrument on your back. " 419 01:37:11,534 --> 01:37:17,575 Today this strange insensitivity is considered a symptom of hysteria. 420 01:37:40,063 --> 01:37:44,682 "No, doctor, I don't feel you touch my back at all. " 421 01:38:01,084 --> 01:38:04,326 "Yes, it's as I thought. Your daughter is suffering from hysteria. " 422 01:38:34,075 --> 01:38:37,408 "From what you told me, I just have to recommend it 423 01:38:37,495 --> 01:38:41,909 that we hold your daughter for now in my clinic. “ 424 01:38:50,925 --> 01:38:53,086 "It would be a shame if your daughter 425 01:38:53,177 --> 01:38:56,465 should have an unpleasant exchange with the police. " 426 01:39:06,691 --> 01:39:08,773 Poor little hysterical witch! 427 01:39:08,860 --> 01:39:12,728 Middle-aged They were in conflict with the church. 428 01:39:12,822 --> 01:39:15,108 Now it's the law. 429 01:40:28,022 --> 01:40:30,684 “Would you please step into my office?” 430 01:40:33,236 --> 01:40:36,899 “Or would you prefer that I call the police? " 431 01:41:03,140 --> 01:41:05,426 "Your name? Do you have a card?" 432 01:41:13,192 --> 01:41:15,604 "Your address? Do you have a telephone in your house? " 433 01:41:32,420 --> 01:41:35,753 "Thanks, that's okay. You can go. I will contact you later." 434 01:41:44,348 --> 01:41:48,512 "If my family finds out about this, I will be obliged. " 435 01:41:52,064 --> 01:41:54,931 "I ask you to understand that I am an unhappy, sick person. 436 01:41:55,026 --> 01:41:57,017 I don't know what I'm doing. " 437 01:41:59,614 --> 01:42:03,106 "I was tortured due to a persistent fear during the war. 438 01:42:03,200 --> 01:42:05,031 I am a broken person. " 439 01:42:08,331 --> 01:42:13,701 "It's as if an unknown force is forcing me to commit these terrible thefts. " 440 01:42:19,925 --> 01:42:25,215 "Look. I just stole this little one, expensively bound Russian book. " 441 01:42:28,100 --> 01:42:31,308 "What should I do with it? I don't know a word of Russian. " 442 01:42:34,190 --> 01:42:37,808 "My husband died in the war, and I haven't been the same since..." 443 01:42:45,868 --> 01:42:48,325 "I promise not to pursue this matter any further, 444 01:42:48,412 --> 01:42:52,200 but I have to ask you Never visit my store again. " 445 01:43:02,760 --> 01:43:06,469 Centuries have passed, and the Almighty of the Middle Ages 446 01:43:06,555 --> 01:43:08,967 no longer sits in his tenth sphere. 447 01:43:27,284 --> 01:43:32,324 We no longer sit scared in church, stared at the frescoes of devils. 448 01:43:46,762 --> 01:43:50,971 The witch doesn't fly away anymore on her broom above the rooftops. 449 01:43:59,692 --> 01:44:03,526 But it's not superstition still widespread among us? 450 01:44:14,874 --> 01:44:16,830 Is there an obvious difference? 451 01:44:16,917 --> 01:44:19,704 between the witch and her customer then and now? 452 01:44:28,095 --> 01:44:33,635 We no longer burn our old and poor. But don't they often suffer bitterly? 453 01:44:38,314 --> 01:44:41,306 And the little woman who we call hysterical - 454 01:44:41,400 --> 01:44:44,392 alone and unhappy, Isn't she still a mystery to us? 455 01:44:49,074 --> 01:44:52,282 Nowadays we lock the unfortunate soul away in a mental institution - 456 01:44:52,369 --> 01:44:55,327 or if she is rich, in a modern clinic. 457 01:45:05,257 --> 01:45:07,213 And so we will console ourselves with the term 458 01:45:07,301 --> 01:45:09,462 that the mild moderate shower the clinic 459 01:45:09,553 --> 01:45:11,669 has replaced the barbaric methods of the Middle Ages. 460 01:45:40,292 --> 01:45:43,955 The end.