Witchhammer
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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 Nor
1970 poster for Otakar Vavra film Witcheshammer
A plaque at the Church of St. Lawrence in Sobotín, Czech Republic, commemorating victims of the Northern Moravia witch trials.
Otakar Vávra co-wrote and directed the film in 1969, consulting trial records.
Václav Kaplický
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Václav Kaplický was a Czech writer, journalist and epic poet. He is best known as an author of historical fiction. Kaplický studied at Gymnasium in Tábor, finishing in 1914. In 1915 he was sent to the
Witchhammer
…na čarodějnice) 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…
Bust of writer by sculptor Břetislav Benda