Watch Witchhammer

Name: Witchhammer
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1970
Duration: 1 hr 42 min
Cast: VladimÑr Smeral, Elo Romancik, Josef Kemr

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

1970
1 hr 42 min
7.7 (2,999)

Witchhammer is a 1970 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra and starring Elo Romančík. Based on the novel by Václav Kaplický, Witchhammer relates the story of the Northern Moravia, 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.