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Witchhammer
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Witchhammer () is a 1970 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra and starring Elo Romančík. Based on the novel Kladivo na čarodějnice by Václav Kaplický, Witchhammer relates the story of the Northern Moravia witch trials of the 1670s, focusing on the priest Kryštof Lautner, played by Romančík, who falls victim to the witchhunt after opposing the trials. The film contains possible allegory about Communist show trials in Czechoslovakia.
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7.6In 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.
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
Themes
- witch
- based on novel or book
- witch burning
- torture chamber
- witch trial
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 713153
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- publication date
- 1970-01-01
- title
- Kladivo na čarodějnice
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Witchhammer () is a 1970 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra and starring Elo Romančík. Based on the novel Kladivo na čarodějnice by Václav Kaplický, Witchhammer relates the story of the Northern Moravia witch trials of the 1670s, focusing on the priest Kryštof Lautner, played by Romančík, who falls victim to the witchhunt after opposing the trials. The film contains possible allegory about Communist show trials in Czechoslovakia.
The film had a limited release in Czechoslovakia. Despite this, it won awards at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival in 1970 and is considered one of Vávra's finest films.