The Devil's Trap
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
Writer
Miloš Václav Kratochvíl, František A. Dvořák
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
