Drama ·Thriller · Czechoslovakia · 1970 · 1h 47m

Witchhammer

Kladivo na čarodějnice

Witchhammer poster
Director
Otakar Vávra
Cast
Elo Romančík as Lautner Vladimír Šmeral as Boblig Soňa Valentová as Zuzana Josef Kemr as Ignác Lola Skrbková as Maryna Jiřina Štěpničková as Dorota Groerová
Crew
Josef Illík — Director of Photography Antonín Zelenka — Editor Jiří Srnka — Original Music Composer Otakar Vávra — Screenplay Ester Krumbachová — Screenplay Václav Kaplický — Novel
Tagline

Anyone who stands up for heretics is considered a hectic himself!

Synopsis

In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.

Trailer Witchhammer — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
witchbased on novel or bookwitch burningtorture chamberwitch trial
Key Collaborators
Otakar Vávra Director Josef Illík Director of Photography Antonín Zelenka Editor Jiří Srnka Original Music Composer Otakar Vávra Screenplay Ester Krumbachová Screenplay Václav Kaplický Novel Karel Škvor Production Design Jarmila Konečná Costume Design
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