The Witch Hunt

The Witch Hunt (1981)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1981-08-24
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: Norsk
  • Production Company: Norsk Film
  • Production Country: Sweden, Norway
  • Director: Anja Breien
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Summary

Having gone through many personal struggles, Eli (Lil Terselius) returns to her native village and begins to work on the farm of Ingeborg Eriksdotter (Anita Bjork), eventually tending a plot that once belonged to her family. But Eli has been gone a long time, and the opaque villagers see her as an outsider—she is suspicious from the start. The year is 1625, and stories of witches conjuring up evil are a part of the daily culture. Eli unwittingly makes matters worse for herself when she is able to cure the sick with herbs, and when she begins an affair with Aslak (Bjoern Skagestad) a farmhand—clearly she must have cast a spell on him. This all adds up to a witch hunt with a ready-made "witch." Eli, in the end, is officially accused of witchcraft by a devious bailiff, while Ingeborg makes every attempt to save her, and Aslak himself does not survive the stress—hardly a good omen for the outcome of the trial.

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  • Lil Terselius

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  • Bjørn Skagestad

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  • Anita Björk

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  • Erik Mørk

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  • Ella Hval

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  • Jan Hårstad

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  • Espen Skjønberg

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  • Lars Andreas Larssen

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  • Eilif Armand

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  • Jens Okking

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  • Mona Jacobsen

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  • Cay Kristiansen

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  • Jorunn Kjellsby

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  • Petter Singsaas

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  • Hæge Juve

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  • Rolf Schei

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  • Lothar Lindtner

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  • Ivar Viken

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  • Oddbjørn Hesjevoll

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Directing Anja Breien Director
Sound Arne Nordheim Music
Production Gunnar Svensrud Producer
Writing Anja Breien Writer
Costume & Make-Up Tina Johansson Makeup Artist
Editing Lars Hagström Editor
Camera Erling Thurmann-Andersen Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Anne Siri Bryhni Costumer

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