The Devil's Trap (1962)
Overview
A small town is one day visited by a priest who is there on a secret mission. He is a member of the Inquisition sent to investigate the activities of a local miller. The miller and his son are the descendants of an old family whose ancestral home burned down a century ago, but was rebuilt from scratch. The miller inherited much of his knowledge about the land, water, and a building's stability from generations of family experience. His reputation for finding water and predicting when a structure might collapse have come to the attention of the Inquisition -surely he must be in league with the Devil.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | cs |
| Popularity | 4.208 |
Directed By
František Vláčil
Crew
František Vláčil
Alfred Technik
Zdena Pavlátová
Vladimír Černý
František Čížek
Milan Kadlec
Karel Škvor
Jan Drvota
František Mádl
Jiří Cvrček
Václav Havlík
Miroslav Dousek
Antonín Heřman
Slávka Doležalová-Kulhavá
Věra Kadlecová
Rudolf Milič
Heda Aksamitová
František Belfín
Jaroslav Beránek
Jitka Šulcová
Bedřich Kubala
Ladislav Novotný
Miroslav Sinkule
Oldřich Okáč
Růžena Nováková
František Fabián
Karel Škorpík
Zdeněk Liška
Antonín Stránský
Jan Vrňata
Bohumír Brunclík
Miloš Václav Kratochvíl
František A. Dvořák
Miroslav Hájek
Theodor Pištěk
Rudolf Milič
TOP CAST
Vítězslav Vejražka
Mlynár Spálený
Miroslav Macháček
Kaplan Probus
Čestmír Řanda
Regent Valecský z Valce
Vlastimil Hašek
Myslivec Filip
Vít Olmer
Mlynářův syn Jan
Karla Chadimová
Martina
František Kovářík
Pastýř ovcí
Bedřich Karen
Biskup Dittrichstejn
Josef Hlinomaz
Dráb na poli
Jaroslav Moučka
Jakub
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