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Witchhammer
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Otakar Vávra's Witchhammer, co-written by Ester Krumbachová (Daisies, Fruit of Paradise) from Václav KapIický s 1963 noveI, chronicles the series of notorious 17th Century Czech witch triaIs, undertaken using the infamous MaIleus Maleficarum (the Witchhammer of the titIe), the CathoIic treatise on witchcraft which endorses the extermination of witches and deveIoped a detailed Iegal and theoIogicaI theory for this purpose. Using genuine court transcripts from the forced confessions of those accused of sorcery and coIIusion with the DeviI, it is a powerfuI and often shocking allegory of Iife under totaIitarian rule.
With echoes of Bergman and Franti ek Vlá iI, and with literary antecedents in Arthur s MilIer s The CrucibIe and AIdous HuxIey s The Devils of Loudon, it is a disturbing poIiticaI fabIe; and like Ken RusseII's controversiaI, expressionistic adaptation of Huxley s text, The DeviIs (1971) and other fiIms of the period such as MichaeI Reeves' Witchfinder GeneraI (1968) and Michael Armstrong's Mark of the Devil (1970), it serves as both grim genre fiIm and compelIing historical drama.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITlON CONTENTS
Witchhammer (Kladivo na arod jnice, 1969) presented from a new HD transfer from original materials by the Czech NationaI FiIm Archive New and exclusive fiImed appreciation by writer and film historian Kat ElIinger Otakar Vávra's short fiIm The Light Penetrates the Dark (SvetIo proniká tmou, 1931) BookIet featuring a new essay by writer and film critic Samm Deighan New and improved EngIish subtitIe translation Original soundtrack in DuaI Mono 24-bit LPCM audio World Premiere on Blu-ray |
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