---
title: 'The Devil''s Trap (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'František Vláčil'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-devils-trap-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054780/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Devil's Trap (1961)

1961 · 85 min · Drama · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Ďáblova past

## Synopsis

The Devil's Trap is a 1962 Czechoslovak historical film directed by František Vláčil. It was inspired by Alfréd Technik's novel Mlýn na ponorné řece. It is considered the first part of a loose trilogy of historical films by Vláčil, the others being Marketa Lazarová
and The Valley of the Bees.

## Credits

- **Director:** [František Vláčil](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-vlacil)
- **Screenplay:** [Miloš Václav Kratochvíl](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-vaclav-kratochvil), [František A. Dvořák](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-a-dvorak)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Zdeněk Liška](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-liska)
- **Director of Photography:** [Rudolf Milič](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-milic)
- **Editor:** [Miroslav Hájek](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-hajek)

## Cast

- [František Kovářík](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-kovarik)
- [J. Skružný](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-skruzny)
- [Antonín Novotný](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-novotny)
- [Zdeněk Kutil](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-kutil)
- [Jiři Vršťala](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-vrstala)
- [Milan Kindl](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-kindl)
- [Bedřich Karen](https://cinepixo.com/people/bedrich-karen)
- [Jiří Bělohoubek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-belohoubek)
- [Vlastimil Hašek](https://cinepixo.com/people/vlastimil-hasek)
- [Jirina Bila-Strechová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jirina-bila-strechova)
- [Vítězslav Vejražka](https://cinepixo.com/people/vitezslav-vejrazka)
- [Zlatomír Vacek](https://cinepixo.com/people/zlatomir-vacek)
- [Josef Hlinomaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-hlinomaz)
- [Jaroslav Moučka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-moucka)
- [Monika Indingerová](https://cinepixo.com/people/monika-indingerova)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-devils-trap-1961
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