---
title: 'Witchhammer (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Otakar Vávra'
released: '1970-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/witchhammer-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064546/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Witchhammer (1970)

1970 · 107 min · Drama, Horror, History · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Kladivo na čarodějnice

## Synopsis

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 Northern Moravia witch trials of the 1670s, 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 Communist show trials in Czechoslovakia.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Otakar Vávra](https://cinepixo.com/people/otakar-vavra)
- **Screenplay:** [Otakar Vávra](https://cinepixo.com/people/otakar-vavra), [Ester Krumbachová](https://cinepixo.com/people/ester-krumbachova)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jiří Srnka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-srnka)
- **Producer:** [Jaroslav Solnicka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-solnicka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Josef Illík](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-illik)
- **Editor:** [Antonín Zelenka](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-zelenka)

## Cast

- [Jiřina Štěpničková](https://cinepixo.com/people/jirina-stepnickova) as Midwife Dorota Groerová
- [M. Svoboda](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-svoboda)
- [Karel Čížek](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-cizek)
- [Eduard Pavlíček](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduard-pavlicek)
- [Václav Lohniský](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-lohnisky)
- [Jiří Holý](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-holy) as Tomáš König
- [M. Ždánská](https://cinepixo.com/people/m-zdanska)
- [J. Umlauf](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-umlauf)
- [Blažena Holišová](https://cinepixo.com/people/blazena-holisova) as Marie Sattlerová
- [Vladimír Šebesta](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-sebesta)
- [J. Janovcová](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-janovcova)
- [Čestmír Řanda](https://cinepixo.com/people/cestmir-randa) as Dean Vojtěch Winkler
- [Miloš Willig](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-willig)
- [Ilja Prachař](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilja-prachar)
- [I. Horká](https://cinepixo.com/people/i-horka)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/witchhammer-1970
Film facts: Wikidata (Q8027932); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.