Kladivo na čarodějnice = witches' hammer / Ústřední pj̊čovna filmů v praze uvádí Filmové Studio Barrandov ; tvúrčí skupina, Jiří Šebor, Vladimír Bor ; napsali scénár, Otakar Vávra a Ester Krumbachová ; režie Otakar Vávra.
Publisher:
Facets Video,
Copyright Date:
2004
Description:
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Vladimír Šmeral, Elo Romančík, Josef Kemr, Soňa Valentová, Blanka Waleská, Lola Skrbková, Jiřina Štěpničková, Marie Nademlejnská, Miriam Katorková. Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. Based on the novel by Vacláv Kaplický.
Summary:
Tells the true story of the last of the notorious witch hunts in Czechoslovakia in the 1600's. A ruthless inquisitor spins the superstitions of local peasants into religious heresy, finding cause to accuse dozens of innocent men and women of witchcraft. The inquisitor targets nobles and merchants, whose goods and properties are then confiscated. After suffering an array of medieval tortures, most confess and are then burned alive as witches.
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