---
name: "Benjamin Christensen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/benjamin-christensen"
fi1m_id: "benjamin-christensen"
imdb_id: "nm0159725"
tmdb_id: 89674
wikidata_id: "Q817442"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "28 September 1879"
died: "2 April 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:58:17.622549+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Benjamin Christensen

## Identity

Benjamin Christensen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/benjamin-christensen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** benjamin-christensen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0159725
- **TMDB ID:** 89674
- **Wikidata ID:** Q817442
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Christensen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817442, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159725/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89674

Director. Born 28 September 1879 in Viborg, Denmark. Died 2 April 1959.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 28 September 1879, Viborg, Denmark
- **Died:** 2 April 1959
- **Also known as:** Richard Bee, Benjamin Christiansen, Benjmain Christie, 벤자민 크리스텐슨, 벤자민 크리스텐센
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Christensen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817442, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0159725/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89674

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Häxan*](https://film.one/film/haxan.md) (82)

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## Biography

Benjamin Christensen (28 September 1879 – 2 April 1959) was a Danish film director, screenwriter and actor in both film and on the stage. He began his artistic career as an opera singer in 1902, later turning to acting before making his directorial debut with *Det hemmelighedsfulde X* (1914).

Christensen is best known for *Häxan* (1922), which he directed, wrote and in which he played the Devil. He subsequently worked in Germany and Hollywood, directing films including *The Devil's Circus* (1926) and *Seven Footprints to Satan* (1929), before returning to Denmark in the 1930s.

*Sources: britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org, svenskfilmdatabas.se.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Häxan* (1922), Fi1m 82, as Devil — [page](https://film.one/film/haxan.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Witchcraft Through the Ages* (1968), Director
- *Lady with the Light Gloves* (1942), Director
- *Come Home With Me* (1941), Director
- *The Child* (1940), Director, Writer
- *Children of Divorce* (1939), Director, Writer
- *The Mysterious Island* (1929), Director
- *House of Horror* (1929), Director, Story
- *Seven Footprints to Satan* (1929), Director, Screenplay
- *The Haunted House* (1928), Writer, Director
- *The Hawk's Nest* (1928), Director
- *Mockery* (1927), Director, Story
- *The Devil's Circus* (1926), Director, Screenplay
- *The Woman Who Did* (1925), Director
- *Michael* (1924), as Claude Zoret
- *His Wife, the Unknown* (1923), Writer, Director
- *Häxan* (1922), as Devil · Director, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/haxan.md)
- *Helgeninderne* (1921), Director
- *Blind Justice* (1916), as "Strong" Henry/John · Director, Writer, Producer
- *The Mysterious X* (1914), as Lieutenant van Hauen · Director, Writer, Production Design, Editor

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