Witchhammer
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“Anyone who stands up for heretics is considered a heretic himself!”
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.
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Elo Romančík
Lautner
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Vladimír Šmeral
Boblig
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Soňa Valentová
Zuzana
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Josef Kemr
Ignác
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Lola Skrbková
Maryna
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Věra Lukášová
Jiřina Štěpničková
Dorota Groerová
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Marie Nademlejnská
Davidka
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Miriam Kantorková
Tobiásová
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Lubor Tokoš
Sattler
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The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
The Ear
Blažena Holišová
Sattlerová
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A Prague Underworld
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Jaroslava Obermaierová
Líza
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Happy End
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Jiří Holý
farár König
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Otakar Vávra Director · Ester Krumbachová Screenplay Václav Kaplický Author
First release January 23, 1970 · Produced in XC, Czechia · Production Barrandov Studios
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Filmové studio Barrandov
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Barrandov Studios
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XC · Czechia
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Original title
Kladivo na čarodějnice
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · January 23, 1970
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No release date listed for United States.
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