The Devil's Trap

The Devil's Trap

85 mins | Drama, History | April 20, 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.

The Devil's Trap

85 mins | Drama, History | April 20, 1962

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.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Ďáblova past
Directors Jaroslav Beránek, Milan Kadlec, František Vláčil
Writers Alfred Technik, František A. Dvořák, Bedřich Kubala, Miloš Václav Kratochvíl

Cast

Vítězslav Vejražka

as Mlynár Spálený

Miroslav Macháček

as Kaplan Probus

Čestmír Řanda

as Regent Valecský z Valce

Vlastimil Hašek

as Myslivec Filip

Vít Olmer

as Mlynářův syn Jan

Karla Chadimová

as Martina

František Kovářík

as Pastýř ovcí

Bedřich Karen

as Biskup Dittrichstejn

Josef Hlinomaz

as Dráb na poli

Jaroslav Moučka

as Jakub