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The Devil's Trap (1962)

The Devil's Trap (1962)

Drama Mystery History
Release Date: 1962, April 20
Directors: František Vláčil
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Čestmír Řanda, Karla Chadimová, Miroslav Macháček, František Kovářík, Jaroslav Moučka, Vlastimil Hašek, Josef Hlinomaz, Vítězslav Vejražka, Bedřich Karen

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.

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based on novel or book religion black and white small town