Le piège du diable
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La trampa del diablo
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Ďáblova past
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Die Teufelsfalle
director:
František Vláčil
playwright:
František A. Dvořák
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Miloš Václav Kratochvíl
actor:
Vítězslav Vejražka
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Miroslav Macháček
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Čestmír Řanda
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Vlastimil Hašek
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Vít Olmer
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genre:
History
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Drama
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Mystery
language:
Czech
release date:
1962-04-20
(Release)
IMDb: tt0054780
Ďáblova past
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.