Benjamin Christensen

Benjamin Christensen (born Sept. 28, 1879, Viborg, Den.—died April 3, 1959, Copenhagen) was a Danish motion-picture director known for his exploration of the macabre. Christensen began his career as an opera singer in 1902 but later became an actor and then a director. By 1913 he was known as the writer, star, and director of a film exploring the unknown, Det Hemmeligheds fulde X (The Mysterious X), his first investigation of the horror of the...