The Devil's Trap
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A small town is one day visited by a priest who is there on a secret mission. He is a member of the Inquisition sent to investigate the activities of a local miller. The miller and his son are the descendants of an old family whose ancestral home burned down a century ago, but was rebuilt from scratch. The miller inherited much of his knowledge about the land, water, and a building's stability from generations of family experience. His reputation for finding water and predicting when a structure might collapse have come to the attention of the Inquisition -surely he must be in league with the Devil.
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Vítězslav Vejražka
The Burnt Miller
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Vlastimil Hašek
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Vít Olmer
The Miller's Son Jan
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Karla Chadimová
Martina
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František Kovářík
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Bedřich Karen
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Josef Hlinomaz
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Jaroslav Moučka
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Marketa Lazarová
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Zdeněk Kutil
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František Vláčil Director · Miloš Václav Kratochvíl Screenplay František A. Dvořák Screenplay
First release April 20, 1962 · Produced in XC, Czechia · Production Barrandov Studios
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Barrandov Studios
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XC · Czechia
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Original title
Ďáblova past
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · April 20, 1962
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No release date listed for United States.
France
February 4, 2025 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
Russia
January 21, 1963 · Theatrical
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