Films
Witchhammer
- Director(s)
- Otakar Vávra
- Country/Region
- Czech Republic
- Duration
- 107 minutes
- Language
- Czech
- Subtitles
- English
- Format
- DCP
IMPORTANT INFO
- Latecomers are not allowed in the theatre
- We reserve the right to reassign your seats if they are unoccupied at the beginning of the screening; arrive early to avoid misunderstandings, as we do not show trailers
- Final sales, no exchange or refund
In collaboration with Severin Films
Otakar Vávra’s Witchhammer, co-written by Ester Krumbachová (Daisies, Fruit of Paradise) from Václav Kaplický s 1963 novel, chronicles the series of notorious 17th Century Czech witch trials, undertaken using the infamous Malleus Maleficarum (the Witchhammer of the title), the Catholic treatise on witchcraft which endorses the extermination of witches and developed a detailed legal and theological theory for this purpose. Using genuine court transcripts from the forced confessions of those accused of sorcery and collusion with the Devil, it is a powerful and often shocking allegory of life under totalitarian rule.
- Director(s)
- Otakar Vávra
- Country/Region
- Czech Republic
- Duration
- 107 minutes
- Language
- Czech
- Subtitles
- English
- Format
- DCP
IMPORTANT INFO
- Latecomers are not allowed in the theatre
- We reserve the right to reassign your seats if they are unoccupied at the beginning of the screening; arrive early to avoid misunderstandings, as we do not show trailers
- Final sales, no exchange or refund
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