"The power of Satan is highlighted in four historical tales: the betrayal and subsequent arrest of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the execution of Marie Antoinette, and the Finnish War of Independence in 1918."
Helge Nissen
as Satan / The Grand Inquisitor / Erneste / Ivan
Halvard Hoff
as Jesus (first sequence)
Jacob Texiere
as Judas (first sequence) (as Jacob Texière)
Hallander Helleman
as Don Gomez de Castro (second sequence)
Ebon Strandin
as Isabel - Castro's Daughter (second sequence)
Johannes Meyer
as Don Fernandez (second sequence)
Nalle Halden
as The Majordomo (second sequence)
Tenna Kraft
as Marie Antoinette (third sequence)
Viggo Wiehe
as Count de Chambord (third sequence)
Emma Wiehe
as The Countess of Chambord (third sequence)
Jeanne Tramcourt
as Lady Genevive de Chambord (third sequence)
Hugo Bruun
as Count Manuel (third sequence)
Elith Pio
as Joseph (third sequence)
Emil Helsengreen
as The People's Commissar (third sequence)
Viggo Lindstrøm
as Old Pitou (third sequence)
Vilhelm Petersen
as Fouquier-Tinville (third sequence)
Clara Pontoppidan
as Siri (fourth sequence)
Carlo Wieth
as Paavo (fourth sequence)
Karina Bell
as Naimi (fourth sequence)
Carl Hillebrandt
as Rautamiemi (fourth sequence)
Christian Nielsen
as Corporal Matti (fourth sequence)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Director
George Schnéevoigt
Director of Photography
Writer
Edgar Høyer
Marie Corelli
Novel