"Anyone who stands up for heretics is considered a hectic himself!"

1970

1h 47m

7.6(65 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

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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69 members

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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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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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Blažena Holišová

Sattlerová

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Jaroslava Obermaierová

Líza

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Jiří Holý

farár König

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Rudolf Krátký

Hutter

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Čestmír Řanda

dékan Vojtech Winkler

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Blanka Waleská

Countess de Galle

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Martin Růžek

Biskop

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Josef Bláha

hrabe Sternberg, statní sekretár

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Eduard Cupák

farár Schmidt

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Ilja Prachař

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Gustav Opočenský

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Václav Lohniský

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Štěpán Zemánek

Vinarský

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František Holar

Jakl

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Zdeněk Kryzánek

Zeidler

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Miloš Willig

Dr. Mayer

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Josef Mixa

Florian

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Josef Elsner

Hejtman

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Miloš Hájek

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Zdeněk Hodr

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Jiří Lír

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Karel Bělohradský

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Karel Čížek

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Zdeněk Dohnal

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Eduard Pavlíček

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Jan Pohan

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Marie Cingrošová

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Ladislav Gzela

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Zbyněk Jirmář

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Zbyněk Bruthans

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Jiří Hurta

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Vladimír Navrátil

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Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová

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Jan Prokeš

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Boleslava Svobodová

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Vladimír Švabík

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Alois Vachek

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Martin Kapoun

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Ivana Horká

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E. Lázničková

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Yvona Odehnalová

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M. Svoboda

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J. Umlauf

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I. Bobková

Dancer

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Zdeněk Derka

Dancer

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J. Janovcová

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Oldřich Mazůrek

Dancer

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Vladislav Šebesta

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M. Ždánská

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Karel Engel

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Otakar Rademacher

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J. Bartoš

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L. Kot

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Zuzana Rumlová

Naked Woman

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Yvonne Kodoňová

Naked Woman

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L. Divišová

Naked Woman

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E. Maragnová

Naked Woman

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S. Procházková

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R. Propperová

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L. Šindlerová

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