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Witchhammer
''Witchhammer'' ( cs, Kladivo 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 victim to the witchhunt after opposing the trials. The film contains possible allegory about Communist show trials in Czechoslovakia. The film had a limited release in Czechoslovakia. Despite this, it won awards at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival in 1970 and is considered one of Vávra's finest films. Plot In the 1670s in Moravia, an altar boy observes an old woman hiding the bread given out during communion. He alerts the priest, who confronts the old woman. She admits that she took the bread with the intent to give it to a cow to re-enable its milk production. The priest reports the incident to the owner of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otakar Vávra
Otakar Vávra (28 February 1911 – 15 September 2011) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was born in Hradec Králové, Austria-Hungary, now part of the Czech Republic. Biography and career Vávra attended universities in Brno and Prague, where he studied architecture. During 1929–30, while still a student, he participated in the making of a handful of documentaries and wrote movie scripts. In 1931, he produced the experimental film ''Světlo proniká tmou''. The first movie he directed was 1937's '' Panenství''. His 1938 film ''The Merry Wives'' was praised in Variety for "first-rate direction, a salty yarn and elaborate production effort", even though it had undergone certain cuts because it was considered too "ribald" by American censors. Vávra was a member of the Communist Party from 1945 to 1989. After the Communists seized power in 1948, Vávra adapted quickly to the new political climate and produced films praising the current regime and su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blažena Holišová
Blažena Holišová (11 July 1930 – 7 April 2011) was a Czech actress. She starred in the 1969/1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra. Holisová died on 7 April 2011. She was 80 years old. Partial filmography * ''Skola otcu'' (1957) - Andulka Novotná * ''Touha'' (1958) * ''Zivot pro Jana Kaspara'' (1959) - Jana Vánová * '' U nás v Mechově'' (1960) - Ema Sikulová * ''Pohled do ocí'' (1961) - Hanka Vitáková * ''Death is Called Engelchen'' (1963) - rádová sestra Alzbeta * ''Marie'' (1964) * ''Zlatá reneta'' (1965) - Karla Skálová, Martina sestra * ''Dva tygri'' (1968) - Lebedová * ''Witchhammer'' (1970) - Sattlerová * ''Hroch'' (1973) * ''Kdo hledá zlaté dno'' (1974) - Petrina matka * ''Dvacátý devátý'' (1974) - Marie Zápotocká * ''My Brother Has a Cute Brother ''My Brother Has a Cute Brother'' ( cs, Můj brácha má prima bráchu) is a 1975 Czech comedy film directed by Stanislav Strnad. It was entered into the 9th Moscow Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ester Krumbachová
Ester Krumbachová (12 November 1923 – 13 January 1996) was a Czech screenwriter, costume designer, stage designer, author and director. She is known for her contributions to Czech New Wave cinema in the 1960s, including collaborations with directors Věra Chytilová and Jan Němec. In 2017, a private archive of Krumbachová's artwork, photography, documents, and clothes was made public by curators Edith Jeřábková and Zuzana Blochová. Krumbachová has since been the subject of retrospective exhibitions at TRANZITDISPLAY in Prague (2017), and the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow (2018). Early life Ester Krumbachová was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1923. She went to college and worked on local theater productions in České Budějovice before moving to Prague in the early 1960s. She began to work in the film industry in 1961. Career She worked as a costume designer on the film ''Diamonds of the Night'' (1964), directed by her husband Jan Němec; this was her first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam Kantorková
Miriam Kantorková (born 13 March 1935, in Prague) is a Czech actress. She starred in the 1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra. Selected filmography * '' První parta'' (1959) * '' Romance for Bugle'' (1967) * ''Witchhammer ''Witchhammer'' ( cs, Kladivo 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 ...'' (1970) References External links * Czech film actresses 1935 births Living people Actresses from Prague Czech television actresses Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni Czech voice actresses 20th-century Czech actresses 21st-century Czech actresses {{Czech-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubor Tokoš
Lubor Tokoš (7 February 1923 in Šternberk – 29 September 2003 in Zlín) was a Czech actor. He starred in the 1969/1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra. Selected filmography *''The Fabulous World of Jules Verne'' (1958) *''Witchhammer'' (1970) *''Forbidden Dreams'' (1986) *''Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker ''Princess Jasnenka and the Flying Shoemaker'' ( cs, O princezně Jasněnce a létajícím ševci) is a 1987 Czechoslovak fantasy film directed by Zdeněk Troška and starring Michaela Kuklová and Jan Potměšil. It is based on a fairy tale by ...'' (1987) External links * References 1923 births 2003 deaths People from Šternberk Czech male film actors Czech male stage actors Czech male voice actors 20th-century Czech male actors Recipients of the Thalia Award {{CzechRepublic-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Moravia Witch Trials
Northern Moravia witch trials, also known as '' Boblig witch trials'' was a series of witch trials which occurred in the Jeseník and Šumperk area in the present-day Czech Republic, between 1622 and 1696. They are among the largest and most well known Czech witch trials. Background The Northern Moravian witch trials are considered to be part of the Catholic counter-reformation. The Czechs were unwilling to abandon their Protestant religion after Czech lands had been taken by Austria during the Thirty Years' War. There was also great opposition to the social oppression of farmers under the landlords. This caused rebellions, such as the one of 1659-1662 led by Kryštof Winter, Mikuláš Patzold and Jan Jaschke. Jesuit priest Arnold Engel was the first person who had pointed out to the alleged witch practices in North Moravia. In order to draw attention of Emperor Leopold I, he wrote a special memorandum describing alleged public mocking of Catholics by Protestants. In his pamph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elo Romančík
Emanuel "Elo" Romančík (17 December 1922 in Ružomberok – 9 October 2012 in Bratislava) was a Slovak actor. He starred in the 1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra. Selected filmography * 1951 '' Boj se skončí zítra'' (Jakub) * 1953 ''Pole neorané'' (Pavel Húščava) * 1953 ''Rodná zem'' (Jurek) * 1956 ''Prověrka lásky'' (Juraj Horálik) * 1957 ''Dovidenia Lucienne'' * 1959 ''Dům na rozcestí'' (MUDr. Juraj Belan) * 1959 ''Kapitán Dabač'' (Pavol Garaj) * 1960 ''Na pochodu se vždy nezpívá'' (Martin Gonda) * 1960 ''Tři tuny prachu'' (Spára) * 1961 ''Králíci ve vysoké trávě'' (otec) * 1961 ''Pokořené řeky'' (Ján Kolesár) * 1962 ''Půlnoční mše'' (dr. Harman) * 1967 ''Volání démonov'' (ředitel Černek) * 1970 ''Witchhammer ''Witchhammer'' ( cs, Kladivo 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, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Václav Kaplický
Václav Kaplický (28 August 1895, Sezimovo Ústí – 4 October 1982, Prague) was a Czech writer, journalist and epic poet. He is most known as an author of historical fiction. __NOTOC__ Kaplický studied at Gymnasium in Tábor, finishing in 1914. In 1915 he was sent to the front in Galicia where he was taken captive (1916). Later he joined the Czechoslovak Legion. For his political opinions he was imprisoned by the legion and labeled as a traitor. After returning to Czechoslovakia in 1921 he worked in civil service. During the period 1922–1950, Kaplický worked in several publishing houses associated with the Czechoslovak Socialist Party. From 1950 he dedicated his time solely to writing. The majority of Kaplický's works are historical fictions spanning the period from the Hussite Wars in the 15th century to the revolutionary upheaval of 1848. His novel ''Kladivo na čarodějnice'' (1963), about witch trials in northern Moravia during the 1670s is the best known because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kladivo Na čarodějnice
''Kladivo na čarodějnice'' (The Witches' Hammer) is a Czech history novel by Václav Kaplický. It was first published in 1963. The story is set in 17th century, in a region surrounding Velké Losiny and Šumperk. It is based on a historical event, the witch trials in Northern Moravia during the 1670s orchestrated by inquisitor Boblig from Edelstat to which more than 100 people fell victim. The main character is dean Josef Lautner, a cleric who tries to help his people, but later becomes one of the innocent convicted as well. Film adaptation In 1970, Otakar Vávra and Ester Krumbachová adapted the novel for the film ''Witchhammer'', directed by Vávra and starring Elo Romančík Emanuel "Elo" Romančík (17 December 1922 in Ružomberok – 9 October 2012 in Bratislava) was a Slovak actor. He starred in the 1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra. Selected filmography * 1951 '' Boj se skončí zítra'' ....Alan Goble, ed., ''The Complete Index to Literar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soňa Valentová
Soňa Valentová (later Hasprová; 3 June 1946 – 10 December 2022) was a Slovak actress. She starred in the 1969/1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra. She was born in Trnava. Valentová died on 10 December 2022, at the age of 76. References External links * 1946 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Slovak actresses Actors from Trnava Slovak film actresses Merited Artists of Czechoslovakia {{Slovakia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Srnka
Jiří Srnka (19 August 1907 – 31 January 1982) was a Czech composer. Biography His teacher was the well known violinist, Otakar Ševčík at the Prague Conservatory from the age of 8. From 1928, he studied at the school of Vítězslav Novák and Alois Hába. He composed music for nearly 200 films. These included ''Krakatit'', ''Jan Hus'', and '' Dařbuján a Pandrhola''. Additionally, he created works for TV series, such as F. L. Věk. His works depicts the essential parts of his connection with the musical reality. He wrote several songs and orchestral works as well. He frequently worked with directors Otakar Vávra and František Čáp. Filmography * ''Turbina'' (1941) * '' The Great Dam (film)'' (1942) * ''Mist on the Moors'' (1943) * ''Premonition'' (1947) * ''Sign of the Anchor'' (1947) * ''Krakatit'' (1948) * '' Silent Barricade'' (1949) * ''Jan Hus'' (1954) * '' Dařbuján a Pandrhola'' (1960) * ''The Night Guest'' (1961) * ''Witchhammer ''Witchhammer'' ( cs, Kladi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Illík
Josef Illík (10 September 1919 – 21 January 2006) was a Czech cinematographer and photographer. Life Josef Illík studied photography in high school. His teachers were Ladislav Sutnar, Jaromír Funke and Josef Ehm. After the World War II he was a successful photographer, but also started working at Barrandov Studios as an assistant cinematographer. From 1952 to 1957 he was a cinematographer for army documentaries in Czechoslovak Army Film. Since 1958 he worked on feature films as a cinematographer. He frequently worked with directors Karel Kachyňa, Václav Krška and Václav Vorlíček. Selected filmography * '' Smugglers of Death'' (1959) * '' Smugglers of Death'' (1959) * '' The Slinger'' (1960) * '' Spanilá jízda'' (1963) * ''The House in Karp Lane'' (1965) * ''Coach to Vienna'' (1966) * '' The Nun's Night'' (1967) * '' Jarní vody'' (1968) * ''Witchhammer'' (1970) * ''The Ear'' (1970) * ''Three Nuts for Cinderella 3 is a number, numeral, and glyph. 3, three, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
