Witchhammer
Sign in to saveWitchhammer () 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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7.5In 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.
Released: 1970-01-23107 minDir: Otakar VávraDrama, Thriller
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
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1970
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- horror film
- Country of origin
- Czechoslovakia
- Original language
- Czech
- Director
- Otakar Vávra
- Screenwriter
- Ester Krumbachová
- Composer
- Jiří Srnka
- Duration
- +107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 713153
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- Critical reception
- Accolades
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- References
- Bibliography
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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.
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1970 Czechoslovak films1970 drama films1970 films1970s Czech-language films1970s historical drama filmsCzech historical drama filmsCzech-language historical drama filmsCzechoslovak black-and-white filmsCzechoslovak drama filmsFilm censorship in the Czech RepublicFilms about witchcraftFilms about witch hunting