Directed by:
Otakar VávraCinematography:
Josef IllíkComposer:
Jiří SrnkaCast:
Elo Romančík, Vladimír Šmeral, Soňa Valentová, Josef Kemr, Lola Skrbková, Jiřina Štěpničková, Marie Nademlejnská, Miriam Kantorková, Lubor Tokoš (more)VOD (1)
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The movie transforms the horrific tale of a notorious 17th Century witch trial into a powerful allegory of life under totalitarian rule. In a small Czech village, an investigation into a simple superstition quickly becomes a full-blown Inquisition, unleashing a tide of hysteria and cruelty. (Second Run)
Cast
![Václav Lohniský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268136_cc0c4b.jpg)
Václav Lohniský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Witchhammer (1969)
Jiří Hurta
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Jan Hus (1954)
Jan Žižka (1955)
![Štěpán Zemánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274591_99a189.jpg)
Štěpán Zemánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Long Live the Republic! (1965)
Shame (1967)
![František Holar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274258_b144e3.jpg)
František Holar
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
![Zdeněk Kryzánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/107/168107602_bqws5s.jpg)
Zdeněk Kryzánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
![Miloš Willig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/437/164437982_2215eb.jpg)
Miloš Willig
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
![Josef Mixa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274336_de1f6c.jpg)
Josef Mixa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
School for Fathers (1957)
Playing with the Devil (1956)
![Josef Elsner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/966/157966710_3150df.jpg)
Josef Elsner
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
The Nun's Night (1967)
Private Torment (1967)
![Karel Bělohradský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/819/159819096_cff1f8.jpg)
Karel Bělohradský
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Adelheid (1969)
Karel Čížek
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Tři spory (1981) (series)
Jak se ševcem šili čerti (1975) (TV movie)
Zdeněk Dohnal
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Devilish Honeymoon (1970)
Odvážná slečna (1969)
Eduard Pavlíček
Austria
Best movies:
Kočičí hra (1982) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
![Jan Pohan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268724_881ab4.jpg)
Jan Pohan
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Marie Cingrošová
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Riders in the Sky (1968)
Tajemství zlatého Buddhy (1973)
![Ladislav Gzela](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275655_74f196.jpg)
Ladislav Gzela
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Witchhammer (1969)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
![Miloš Hájek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/673/158673638_1c1ae8.jpg)
Miloš Hájek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
A Dead Man Among the Living (1946)
Prokop Diviš (1977) (TV movie)
![Zdeněk Hodr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268691_1a242e.jpg)
Zdeněk Hodr
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Zbyněk Jirmář
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
![Jiří Lír](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/212/166212048_ecd5fe.jpg)
Jiří Lír
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
![Vladimír Navrátil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275738_0d5dcc.jpg)
Vladimír Navrátil
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
The Assassination (1964)