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Kladivo na carodejnice

Kladivo na carodejnice

1970Movie⏱️ 1h 47m
DramaHistory
7.7
IMDB Rating
3,296 votes

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.

Director
Otakar Vávra
Writers
Václav Kaplický, Otakar Vávra, Ester Krumbachová
Stars
Vladimír Smeral, Elo Romancík, Josef Kemr
Release Date
January 23, 1970
Language
Czech
Country
Czechoslovakia
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Nominations
💬 20
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Vladimír Smeral
Vladimír Smeral
as Boblig
Elo Romancík
Elo Romancík
as Lautner
Josef Kemr
Josef Kemr
as Ignác
Sona Valentová
Sona Valentová
as Zuzana
Blanka Waleská
Blanka Waleská
as Hrabenka de Galle
👤
Lola Skrbková
as Maryna
Jirina Stepnicková
Jirina Stepnicková
as Dorota Groerová
👤
Marie Nademlejnská
as Davidka
Miriam Kantorková
Miriam Kantorková
as Tobiásová
Eduard Cupák
Eduard Cupák
as Farár Schmidt

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Velké Losiny, Czech Republic
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov

🏷️ Keywords

inquisitortortureburned aliveburned at the staketorture rack

🎯 Categories

Costume DramaPeriod DramaPsychological DramaDramaHistory

⭐ Featured Review

Malleus Maleficarum !!!
by elo-equipamentos2019-06-25
9/10

"After the book Malleus Maleficarum that was publish on late 15th century in the Germany, all Europe afterwards suffering the evil power that start on Spain as the Spanish Inquisition spreading as fire, this picture was made under the old and authentic transcriptions between 1678 to 1695, describing the modus operandi over the citizen, starts to the poor's people, the next they were under torture nominate some wealthy mid class, until to reach in members of the clergy, that supposedly were against those inquires, no one dared faces such power, their properties and money was used to pay the..."

💡 Did You Know?

Due to its resemblance to the atmosphere of fear and compulsory confessions that characterized the Stalinist-era Central European Communist countries' methods of the 1950s, the film was removed from release and appeared on television in the former 'Eastern Bloc' only after 1989.

📖 Synopsis

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.