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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.Read moreLess
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 story
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.
Cast & crew
Vítězslav VejražkaThe Burnt Miller
Miroslav MacháčekChaplain Probus
Čestmír ŘandaRegent of Valec
Vlastimil HašekFilip the Hunter
Vít OlmerThe Miller's Son Jan
Karla ChadimováMartina
František KováříkSheep Shepherd
Bedřich KarenBishop Dittrichstejn
Josef HlinomazForeman in the Field
Jaroslav MoučkaJakubExplore the crew
- Director
- František Vláčil
- Original Music Composer
- Zdeněk Liška
- Screenplay
- Miloš Václav Kratochvíl
- Screenplay
- František A. Dvořák
- Editor
- Miroslav Hájek
- Director of Photography
- Rudolf Milič