The Devil's Trap (1962)
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.
Director:
František Vláčil
Writers:
Miloš Václav Kratochvíl, František A. Dvořák.
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Vítězslav Vejražka as The Burnt Miller |
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Miroslav Macháček as Chaplain Probus |
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Čestmír Řanda as Regent of Valec |
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Vlastimil Hašek as Filip the Hunter |
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Vít Olmer as The Miller's Son Jan |
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Karla Chadimová as Martina |
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František Kovářík as Sheep Shepherd |
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Bedřich Karen as Bishop Dittrichstejn |
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Josef Hlinomaz as Foreman in the Field |
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Jaroslav Moučka as Jakub |
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Zdeněk Kutil as |
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Ladislav Kazda as |
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Dagmar Kofroňová as |
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Zlatomír Vacek as |
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Jiří Vršťala as |
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Richard Záhorský as |
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Viktor Očásek as |
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František Nechyba as |
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Milan Kindl as |
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Jiřina Bílá as |
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Jiří Bělohoubek as |
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Antonín Novotný as |
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Monika Indingerová as |
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Pavla Polášková as |
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J. Skružný as |
| Directing | František Vláčil | Director |
| Writing | Alfred Technik | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimír Černý | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Čížek | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Milan Kadlec | Assistant Director |
| Art | Karel Škvor | Production Design |
| Art | Jan Drvota | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Mádl | Costumer |
| Art | Jiří Cvrček | Set Decoration |
| Production | Miroslav Dousek | Assistant Production Manager |
| Lighting | Antonín Heřman | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Slávka Doležalová-Kulhavá | Costumer |
| Production | Věra Kadlecová | Production Manager |
| Camera | Rudolf Milič | Assistant Camera |
| Costume & Make-Up | Heda Aksamitová | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Directing | Jaroslav Beránek | First Assistant Director |
| Editing | Jitka Šulcová | Assistant Editor |
| Writing | Bedřich Kubala | Creative Producer |
| Production | Ladislav Novotný | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Miroslav Sinkule | Camera Operator |
| Art | Oldřich Okáč | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Růžena Nováková | Clapper Loader |
| Sound | František Fabián | Sound |
| Sound | Zdeněk Liška | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Antonín Stránský | Still Photographer |
| Art | Jan Vrňata | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Bohumír Brunclík | Sound Effects |
| Writing | Miloš Václav Kratochvíl | Screenplay |
| Writing | František A. Dvořák | Screenplay |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Theodor Pištěk | Costume Design |
| Camera | Rudolf Milič | Director of Photography |
| Production | Karel Škorpík | Unit Manager |
| Production | Václav Havlík | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Zdena Pavlátová | Script Supervisor |