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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 Communism in Czechoslovakia.
Original Release
01/23/1970
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Vladimír Šmeral | Boblig |
| Elo Romancik | Lautner |
| Josef Kemr | Ignác |
| Sona Valentová | Zuzana |
| Blanka Waleská | hrabenka de Galle / Countess de Galle |
| Lola Skrbková | Maryna |
| Jirina Stepnicková | Dorota Groerová |
| Marie Nademlejnská | Davidka |
| Miriam Kantorková | Tobiásová |
| Eduard Cupák | farár Schmidt |
Directors
Writers
Otakar Vávra, Václav Kaplický, Ester Krumbachová
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Vladimír Šmeral | Boblig |
| Elo Romancik | Lautner |
| Josef Kemr | Ignác |
| Sona Valentová | Zuzana |
| Blanka Waleská | hrabenka de Galle / Countess de Galle |
| Lola Skrbková | Maryna |
| Jirina Stepnicková | Dorota Groerová |
| Marie Nademlejnská | Davidka |
| Miriam Kantorková | Tobiásová |
| Eduard Cupák | farár Schmidt |
| Martin Ružek | Biskop |
| Cestmír Randa | dékan Vojtech Winkler |
| Ilja Prachar | rychtár Gaup |
| Gustav Opocenský | Sekretár Schmidt, bratr faráre |
| Václav Lohniský | Mnich |
| Blazena Holisová | Sattlerová |
| Jaroslava Obermaierová | Líza |
| Stepán Zemánek | Vinarský |
| Jiří Holý | farár König |
| Lubor Tokoš | Sattler |
