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Czechoslovak Film Export presents

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WITCHHAMMER

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BASED ON
VÁCLAV KAPLICKÝ	'S NOVEL

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AND COURT RECORDS
FROM ACTUAL WITCH TRIALS

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Starring

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Assistant Director /
Assistant Cinematographer

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Script /
Assistant Head of Production

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Art Director

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Wardrobe / Make-up / Set Design

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Music

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Music performed by
the Prague Madrigalists

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Vivaldi's Concerto performed by
the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

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Sound / Editor

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Producer

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Cinematography

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Directed by

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Produced by Barrandov Film Studios

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Texts of court hearings were taken
from authentic court recordings

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of Inquisition trials which took place
in Velké Losiny and Šumperk

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from 1678 to 1695.

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Sin entered the world
through woman.

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Woman is sin.

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A woman's womb
is the gateway to Hell.

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Her insatiable carnal desires
are the root of all evil.

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A woman's embrace is
like the snare of the hunter.

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Women practise sorcery
with the Devil

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who appears to her
in the form of a man.

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May the good Lord
bless you a thousand times.

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<i>Hoc est enim corpus meum.</i>

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<i>Lord, I am not worthy
that you should enter under my roof,</i>

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<i>but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed.</i>

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<i>Ecce agnus dei
qui tollit peccata mundi.</i>

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<i>Lord, I am not worthy that you should
enter under my roof,</i>

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<i>but only say the word
and my soul shall be healed.</i>

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<i>Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi</i>

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<i>custodiat animam
tuam in vitam aeternam. Amen.</i>

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Come to the sacristy. Come on!

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What have you done?

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Oh, God...

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What is she doing here?

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- What is the meaning of this?
- I am not to blame, your Reverence.

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Old Groerová's cow has run dry.

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Fetch the sheriff.

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Do sit down, gentlemen.

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Have you brought her with you?
I've never seen a witch before.

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This is not a case
of one beggar woman, Your Grace,

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but a whole coven of witches.

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The most uncompromising
measures must be taken.

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Bring her in.

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Nothing like this
has ever happened to me.

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You're still young, Brother.

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Is this the woman?

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Swear to our Almighty Father

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and tell us what you did
with the Communion wafer.

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Mrs Groerová, our village midwife,

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needed the sacred wafer,

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for her cow,

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because her cow
had stopped yielding milk.

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She promised me a quart of peas
and some barley flour.

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I know I shouldn't have done it.

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But a cow is also a creature of God.

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I hoped the Lord would forgive me.

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Don't you know that
such foolish superstition is a sin?

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But I wanted the peas so much.

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It's abominable.

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Who told Mrs Groerová
the wafer would help?

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The old Davidka woman
gave her the advice.

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Who is Davidka?

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She's just an old witch.

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Why do you think she is a witch?

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Answer! Or you'll be committing
a mortal sin.

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I didn't mean it like that,
I'm just saying that

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old Davidka is a herbalist.

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She mends broken bones,
and works charms on the cattle.

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Aren't there many such women?
She doesn't have to be a...

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Excuse me, please, Countess.

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Does Mrs Davidka stay at home
or go out at night?

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Does she receive visitors at night?

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Who would come to visit her?
She's almost seventy!

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- She doesn't realise what she's done.
- I'm so sorry.

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If I'd known the trouble
this would cause... I'm truly sorry!

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Don't believe a word she says,
Countess.

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- It's the Devil speaking.
- Please, Father.

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She's just superstitious,
like the rest of them.

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You'll pray to Our Father
and say twenty Hail Marys.

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Understand?
What you have done is shameful.

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It's not a mere superstition.

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We're up against widespread heresy.

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It's the Devil's work,
to cast misery upon our land.

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I've already reported it
to the Bishop's Consistory.

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I ask you, Countess,
that this Devil's breed be slain.

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I'll do everything I can.

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I trust in your aid, Countess.

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May I please suggest, first of all,

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that an experienced inquisitor
be summoned.

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Do you know of a good judge?

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I suggest Kašpar Hutter of Šumperk.

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He is wise, just,
and familiar with the local folk.

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Wasn't he suspended
from his office?

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He let four witches off scot-free.

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Those women were
of unsound mind, sir.

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Do think he was suspended unjustly?

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There is an old inquisitor in Olomouc.
Mr Boblig of Edelstadt.

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He's retired and never graduated
in law. I'm for Judge Hutter.

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Mr Boblig is well reputed
with forty years of experience.

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And is thought well of
by the Bishop's Consistory.

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Go and see him.
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- What can I get for you, sir?
- Food, drink, a bed.

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- I'll drink what you're drinking.
- At your service.

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- But the bed must be clean.
- Everything will be in order.

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Can't you tidy yourself up a bit?

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Hurry up.

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Please, sir.

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It's fine.

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A little sour, but it'll do.

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I will get the bed ready now, sir.

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Have you travelled far, sir?

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From Velké Losiny, near Šumperk.

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This inn belongs to a man
from Edelstadt? The lawyer?

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Get the food ready.
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He's a former inquisitor.
I was told this place belongs to him.

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That's me.

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You?

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What is it you want from me, sir?

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Please take a seat.

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How much would such a trial cost, sir?

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Can I have some hot water?

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An Inquisition tribunal
needs to be set up.

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Apart from myself as the director,

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by law the tribunal needs
a public prosecutor,

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a secretary
and two or three lay judges.

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I'll also need my own clerk

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who has experience
in observing the accused.

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They must be watched day and night.

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Thank you, kindly.

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As you are surely aware,

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witchcraft trials
are not ordinary criminal procedures.

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The Devil has extraordinary ingenuity.

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I am aware of that, sir.

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The judge is constantly in risk of his life.

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The property of the condemned
is confiscated by the authorities,

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which covers
the cost of the proceedings.

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A fat lot we'll get
from those beggar women!

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If we are to purge the Devil from
mankind, money cannot be a factor.

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You will not have cause
to be dissatisfied.

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But please try to finish it quickly.

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I hope it won't be anything too serious.

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Witches make a pact with the Devil,

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and they accept him
as their Lord and Master.

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In exchange, he endows them
with supernatural powers.

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That's all I know, your Honour.
I've said it all already.

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I wanted to give the wafer to my cow
because it stopped giving milk.

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If I had known the grief I'd come to...

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Liar! You took
the holy wafer to Peter's Rock.

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I didn't.

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What's the name
of that dark gallant of yours?

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Is it Marten? Hans?

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Or Green Thomas?

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Answer my question!

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Thomas... but I don't rightly know
who you mean, your Honour.

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You know very well.

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Did you go to Peter's Rock often?

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No. I've never been there in my life.

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It's far away. I'm only a poor woman.
I'm scared to go there.

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We know everything.

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- You feasted and drank there.
- No, I didn't.

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- And trampled the holy wafers.
- No!

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Who was there with you?

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As a midwife,
you know many women.

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What's that you're saying?

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I've never been there in my life!

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Don't you know they say
witches' dance and fly around there?

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There, you see it's not hard.

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In a week's time, you'll come back
to tell us who was there.

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Are you quite certain?

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I don't want to anticipate matters,
but there must be several of them.

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Witches on my estate?

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It's quite dreadful!

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It is my responsibility.

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You have my full support,
good sir of Edelstadt.

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How long ago was it that young student
was madly in love with you?

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That student ran away.

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He had to,
or he'd have been conscripted.

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And now you have a daughter
ripe for marriage.

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Who knows which lasts longer,
love or friendship?

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- You don't want him?
- I'd rather drown myself.

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You'll have to wait.
The water is cold.

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Kašpar won't hear a word against him.

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Do you really want to give Lízl
to that old fool?

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Why not?
Older men than him get married.

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- Lízl is too young.
- She'll have a good life with him.

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Without love?

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Children will come.
There'll be no time for love.

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He won't listen to reason.

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You have a young maid,
and you're not so young, either.

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Think it over.
It would be such a shame.

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You don't want to ruin her life,
She's your child.

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Those three old hags have confessed.

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Three times a year
they rode their brooms to Peter's Rock.

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Good thing that place
is not on my patch.

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What do you say to that,
your Reverence?

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The beggar woman
deserves a punishment,

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but it doesn't mean she's a witch.

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But they have confessed,
as Sir Boblig says...

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The tribunal hasn't convened yet.

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I'm afraid you know very little
about the Inquisition courts.

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It's none of our business,
don't let it spoil the evening.

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To Lízl's health,
and her twenty years!

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I'm in Losiny now,
as you surely know,

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and I couldn't resist coming
to pay my respects, your Reverence.

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I am greatly honoured.

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My assistant Ignác,
the court clerk.

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Wait for me in the servants' quarters.

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Zuzana, bring some food and wine.

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A nice place you have here.

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I'd greatly appreciate your help
in ridding this country of witches.

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Do you play the violin?

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Aristotle, Euripides...

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Theology, law...

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Law.

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I know nothing about law.

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- What a lot of books.
- One can never have enough books, sir.

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I'm sorry.

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May I ask for some hot water, my girl?

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Pretty.

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You know what surprised me?

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The way your town
has flourished since the fire.

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It looks better than it did
some years ago.

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How did the people
get rich so quickly?

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Rich is something of an exaggeration.

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Why?

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Thank you very much indeed.

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I saw Sattler's new dye-works.

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The house must have a cost a fortune.

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Zuzana!

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Let him go, Florian.
What's this?

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He's been saying terrible things,
your Reverence.

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Asking if I'd seen a magic sign
on Zuzana's body.

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Is that a way for a guest to behave?
And I poured him two glasses to my one!

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Strange jests, aren't they?
You'd better be off.

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We are on church ground.

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He's too zealous.
Forgive him, your Reverence.

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I hope this is not to be
our last meeting, Father.

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What's the matter, Zuzana?
What happened?

245
00:28:20,667 --> 00:28:25,084
Anybody can insult me.
And whenever they want.

246
00:28:26,126 --> 00:28:28,209
What nonsense is this?

247
00:28:28,292 --> 00:28:31,584
When you find someone you like,
you'll get married and live in peace.

248
00:28:33,876 --> 00:28:36,959
I don't want anyone
and you know that.

249
00:28:39,084 --> 00:28:43,251
And you know
that my only wish is for you to be happy.

250
00:28:46,126 --> 00:28:48,834
Is that so?
You wish me happiness?

251
00:28:52,292 --> 00:28:56,084
But who would ever marry
a priest's cook?

252
00:29:06,751 --> 00:29:09,751
Witches rise up and fly
to their Sabbath on the wind.

253
00:29:09,834 --> 00:29:16,042
To fly, they smear themselves
with the marrow and fat of the innocent,

254
00:29:16,126 --> 00:29:20,042
and with blood
drawn from the hearts of virgins.

255
00:29:20,667 --> 00:29:24,126
On brooms, pitchforks,
rakes or even goats,

256
00:29:24,209 --> 00:29:28,792
and as if on horseback,
they ride up the chimneys.

257
00:29:33,292 --> 00:29:36,876
No! I haven't been there!
I don't know anything!

258
00:29:40,167 --> 00:29:44,459
I'll say anything you want me to, please.

259
00:29:44,542 --> 00:29:50,376
Just say it, come on.
"My gallant Marten...

260
00:29:50,459 --> 00:29:55,584
"Took me along to Peter's Rock."

261
00:29:57,626 --> 00:30:02,876
My gallant Marten
took me along to Peter's Rock.

262
00:30:03,917 --> 00:30:08,459
"Such meetings took place..."
Come on, say it.

263
00:30:08,542 --> 00:30:13,584
Such meetings took place
on Walpurgis Night...

264
00:30:13,667 --> 00:30:20,501
No. Such meetings took place,
four times a year! Firstly...

265
00:30:20,584 --> 00:30:22,792
Firstly, firstly...

266
00:30:24,042 --> 00:30:30,584
Come on, you can't sleep now.
Stand up and listen to me.

267
00:30:30,667 --> 00:30:34,459
Such meetings took place, firstly...

268
00:30:34,542 --> 00:30:38,001
Firstly, on Walpurgis Night.

269
00:30:38,084 --> 00:30:39,751
There, you see?

270
00:30:39,834 --> 00:30:42,876
Did you see Mrs Tobiásová,
the bath-house owner, there?

271
00:30:44,709 --> 00:30:48,501
Yes, first on Walpurgis Night,

272
00:30:48,584 --> 00:30:51,792
second, on St Martin's Eve...

273
00:30:51,876 --> 00:30:58,292
Thirdly, on Easter Saturday,
and fourth on St George's Day.

274
00:31:00,876 --> 00:31:04,084
How did you say the Hail Mary?

275
00:31:04,167 --> 00:31:06,876
I prayed: Hail Mary,

276
00:31:06,959 --> 00:31:11,501
but when I got to the words,
"blessed is the fruit of thy womb",

277
00:31:12,376 --> 00:31:18,584
my gallant Marten
threw me on the ground,

278
00:31:19,126 --> 00:31:22,917
and I had to say,
"Marten's black tail".

279
00:31:23,001 --> 00:31:25,001
Louder.

280
00:31:25,084 --> 00:31:29,417
Then I lay down
and we fornicated together.

281
00:31:29,501 --> 00:31:36,251
When he was done,
I had to worship his tail and then kiss it.

282
00:31:37,459 --> 00:31:39,959
What were you doing
at St Peter's Rock?

283
00:31:47,626 --> 00:31:49,876
I was there to hold the candles.

284
00:31:49,959 --> 00:31:55,334
Marten brought candles, bent me down
and raised my bare buttocks,

285
00:31:55,417 --> 00:31:57,542
and stuck candles inside.

286
00:31:57,626 --> 00:31:59,626
So I lit the place up until midnight

287
00:31:59,709 --> 00:32:04,334
and got a silver coin for it
from Mrs Tobiásová.

288
00:32:06,334 --> 00:32:08,792
Who was with you at Peter's Rock?

289
00:32:10,001 --> 00:32:11,542
Name them all.

290
00:32:11,626 --> 00:32:14,001
I didn't recognise them.

291
00:32:15,376 --> 00:32:19,292
You must remember.
Who was with you at Peter's Rock?

292
00:32:19,376 --> 00:32:20,834
Nobody.

293
00:32:21,959 --> 00:32:24,751
I've never been near Peter's Rock.

294
00:32:26,376 --> 00:32:30,084
Mistress Davidka, you have heard
both accused speak of you.

295
00:32:30,167 --> 00:32:32,251
They are willing
to live or die on their testimony.

296
00:32:32,334 --> 00:32:34,459
Acknowledge your guilt. Confess!

297
00:32:34,542 --> 00:32:36,709
If they talked about me, so be it.

298
00:32:37,417 --> 00:32:41,376
If they want to die, so be it.
I have nothing to confess.

299
00:32:41,917 --> 00:32:44,751
As the accused,
Mistress Davidka will not answer,

300
00:32:45,584 --> 00:32:48,334
I have summoned
the Schuchová woman.

301
00:32:51,209 --> 00:32:55,917
You have testified that Davidka
often spoke at Peter's Rock.

302
00:32:56,001 --> 00:32:58,584
Yes, she did.

303
00:32:58,667 --> 00:33:01,501
Why won't she speak
to the court, then?

304
00:33:01,584 --> 00:33:04,376
She has a mute spirit.

305
00:33:04,459 --> 00:33:09,792
She has two spirits,
a mute one and a talkative one.

306
00:33:09,876 --> 00:33:11,876
How do you know that?

307
00:33:11,959 --> 00:33:14,751
My spirit Marten told me.

308
00:33:14,834 --> 00:33:17,251
Are you willing
to live or die upon it?

309
00:33:17,334 --> 00:33:21,584
Yes, I am willing to live or die upon it.

310
00:33:22,876 --> 00:33:25,042
You have heard, gentlemen.

311
00:33:25,126 --> 00:33:27,667
I'm not saying anything,
Sir Boblig of Edelstadt.

312
00:33:34,209 --> 00:33:38,584
Acknowledge you're guilty
of what they say about you,

313
00:33:39,501 --> 00:33:41,876
or else we must subject you
to harsher methods.

314
00:33:45,459 --> 00:33:49,751
Because you have a mute spirit,
we must obey orders from above.

315
00:33:50,542 --> 00:33:52,667
Proceed with the first stretch.

316
00:34:19,001 --> 00:34:23,334
I admit to everything
the two said about me.

317
00:34:23,417 --> 00:34:25,709
Who were the others? Name them!

318
00:34:37,917 --> 00:34:40,876
You see, gentlemen, truly
she is possessed by a mute spirit.

319
00:34:52,084 --> 00:34:56,376
On Walpurgis Night,
each witch is initiated into the Sabbath,

320
00:34:56,459 --> 00:34:58,626
by her own horned lover.

321
00:34:58,709 --> 00:35:04,084
Without regard for age or kinship
they indulge in loathsome fornication.

322
00:35:11,876 --> 00:35:14,959
Bring clean straw.
Who could abide such a stench?

323
00:35:21,167 --> 00:35:25,126
So, tell me.
Who was with you at Peter's Rock?

324
00:35:28,459 --> 00:35:31,542
- You were, you Devil!
- What did you say?

325
00:35:31,626 --> 00:35:35,292
You were! I live and die by it!
You are the Devil.

326
00:35:35,376 --> 00:35:37,626
Don't you know what to do?

327
00:35:37,709 --> 00:35:40,792
You are the Devil, the Devil.

328
00:35:42,209 --> 00:35:44,459
Shut her up! Hurry!

329
00:35:54,876 --> 00:35:57,001
She won't be screaming any more,
your Honour.

330
00:36:06,167 --> 00:36:14,251
Countess, one of the three witches
died last night.

331
00:36:14,334 --> 00:36:17,501
- How did she die?
- During torture?

332
00:36:18,792 --> 00:36:24,251
No, the Devil broke her neck,
to prevent her from talking.

333
00:36:31,376 --> 00:36:34,167
I heard a dreadful scream
in the night.

334
00:36:35,167 --> 00:36:38,667
Do you think it was the Devil?
Here in my castle?

335
00:36:38,751 --> 00:36:40,917
I'm afraid so.

336
00:36:41,001 --> 00:36:45,626
Mr Hay heard the Davidka woman
fighting with the Devil.

337
00:36:48,876 --> 00:36:53,334
In that case, I can't stay here.
I will move out until it's over.

338
00:36:55,251 --> 00:36:56,459
I hope you'll bring it to an end soon.

339
00:36:56,542 --> 00:36:58,751
I cannot guarantee it.

340
00:37:00,834 --> 00:37:03,834
Let me point out, sir,

341
00:37:03,917 --> 00:37:08,001
that in accordance with the law,
torture can only be used,

342
00:37:08,084 --> 00:37:10,417
in the presence of the tribunal.

343
00:37:10,501 --> 00:37:14,626
I know my duties - and my rights!

344
00:37:15,542 --> 00:37:18,834
It would be unpleasant if there
were talk of this at the Royal Court.

345
00:37:19,667 --> 00:37:23,209
Rest assured, the Devil
will not outwit me again.

346
00:37:23,292 --> 00:37:26,417
I saw through Boblig's game
right from the beginning.

347
00:37:26,501 --> 00:37:30,376
He's capable of turning
the clock back a hundred years.

348
00:37:31,501 --> 00:37:33,001
That's impossible.

349
00:37:33,084 --> 00:37:36,417
At least some people are bound
to stand up against him.

350
00:37:36,501 --> 00:37:40,042
Never underestimate
physical pain, my friend.

351
00:37:40,126 --> 00:37:43,667
Before you suffer,
you are full of courage.

352
00:37:44,709 --> 00:37:50,042
But then, from what I have seen,
there is pain, and fear.

353
00:37:50,126 --> 00:37:52,792
That's true, but not quite.
I think I'd...

354
00:37:54,001 --> 00:37:55,917
You would what?

355
00:37:57,334 --> 00:38:02,626
I think some would find
the inner strength not to succumb.

356
00:38:02,709 --> 00:38:06,751
Better not let the inquisitor
enter our homes.

357
00:38:06,834 --> 00:38:08,959
No, not into our homes.

358
00:38:10,501 --> 00:38:11,959
But here...

359
00:38:14,084 --> 00:38:15,834
He is already here.

360
00:38:18,001 --> 00:38:20,001
Praise the Lord.

361
00:38:20,542 --> 00:38:23,417
Tobiásová, the bath-house owner,
has just been arrested.

362
00:38:40,751 --> 00:38:43,834
Enough, clean me.

363
00:38:55,501 --> 00:39:00,376
Find out what these people's
financial situation is.

364
00:39:05,792 --> 00:39:07,876
These are the richest ones.

365
00:39:12,084 --> 00:39:15,792
Everything comes from the Devil.
Especially wealth, dear boy.

366
00:39:16,917 --> 00:39:21,501
You're the one with the brains,
your Honour.

367
00:39:24,834 --> 00:39:27,042
Indeed I am.

368
00:39:32,667 --> 00:39:36,292
Some people think
they can learn everything from books.

369
00:39:37,792 --> 00:39:39,834
Like Lautner, the Deacon.

370
00:39:45,542 --> 00:39:47,667
A book-learned monk!

371
00:39:52,334 --> 00:39:54,417
He thinks himself
a better man than I.

372
00:39:55,709 --> 00:39:58,042
Mr know-it-all.

373
00:39:59,001 --> 00:40:03,167
Did you happen to notice
that cook of his, sir?

374
00:40:08,667 --> 00:40:12,751
Well, there you are.
Beauty comes from the Devil, too.

375
00:40:13,751 --> 00:40:17,251
I'd wager she'd have plenty to tell us.

376
00:40:19,251 --> 00:40:21,876
She could also tell us,

377
00:40:21,959 --> 00:40:24,876
whether he learned
more from his books, or from her.

378
00:40:24,959 --> 00:40:28,001
Do you think he learned from her?

379
00:40:30,167 --> 00:40:36,167
I'd say he must have taught her
a thing or two.

380
00:40:37,376 --> 00:40:39,251
You're getting above yourself!

381
00:40:41,292 --> 00:40:43,376
Do what I ordered you to.

382
00:40:44,001 --> 00:40:46,084
Did I say something wrong?

383
00:40:47,751 --> 00:40:51,751
No, forget it.

384
00:40:53,501 --> 00:40:56,376
When this is over,
I'll build a house for myself.

385
00:40:57,376 --> 00:40:59,792
And you'll come to my wedding.

386
00:41:04,001 --> 00:41:07,876
Dorota Tobiásová.
Tell us who was there with you?

387
00:41:14,959 --> 00:41:21,667
I saw Maria Sattlerová at Peter's Rock,

388
00:41:22,709 --> 00:41:26,084
The wife of the dye-house owner.

389
00:41:26,876 --> 00:41:31,667
He was there too,
with his daughter Elisabeth.

390
00:41:32,667 --> 00:41:37,876
To this I confess,
to save... my soul.

391
00:41:39,376 --> 00:41:41,459
Who else?

392
00:41:53,709 --> 00:42:00,376
The Deacon Lautner
and his cook, Zuzana Voglicková.

393
00:42:00,459 --> 00:42:03,876
That's not true!
You're making it up!

394
00:42:03,959 --> 00:42:06,959
I am the one
who asks the questions here.

395
00:42:07,042 --> 00:42:09,334
Your duty is to listen.

396
00:42:13,917 --> 00:42:17,126
What did you do
after eating and drinking?

397
00:42:20,251 --> 00:42:24,209
The cook brought
holy wafers in her apron.

398
00:42:24,292 --> 00:42:27,126
Father Lautner handed them out to us.

399
00:42:28,084 --> 00:42:30,334
I spat on them and trod on them.

400
00:42:33,542 --> 00:42:38,209
Mrs Sattlerová and the cook
pricked them with a knife.

401
00:42:39,584 --> 00:42:41,459
Then they trod on them.

402
00:42:42,376 --> 00:42:48,001
The dyer and the Deacon stuffed them
into their shoes and danced.

403
00:42:50,292 --> 00:42:52,376
Then we wiped our backsides
with them.

404
00:42:52,459 --> 00:42:54,834
Nonsense,
the woman is out of her mind.

405
00:42:54,917 --> 00:42:58,917
Gentlemen, quiet please.

406
00:42:59,001 --> 00:43:01,209
She doesn't know
what she's talking about.

407
00:43:01,292 --> 00:43:04,417
Are there any problems,
Commissioner?

408
00:43:05,376 --> 00:43:07,251
Sorry, nothing really.

409
00:43:10,084 --> 00:43:13,042
Are you willing
to live or die by your testimony?

410
00:43:14,084 --> 00:43:19,751
Yes, I only beg for a merciful death.

411
00:43:21,876 --> 00:43:26,792
My children, I beg you
in God's name, are innocent.

412
00:44:33,876 --> 00:44:36,709
Lord, forgive your servants.

413
00:44:36,792 --> 00:44:39,917
In the name of His Imperial Majesty,

414
00:44:40,001 --> 00:44:42,084
let those condemned
for the crime of witchcraft

415
00:44:42,167 --> 00:44:44,834
be put to death
according to the law.

416
00:44:49,876 --> 00:44:53,709
Marina Schuch,
do you accept this judgment?

417
00:44:53,792 --> 00:44:56,501
Yes, sir, I humbly thank you.

418
00:44:57,751 --> 00:45:01,792
Dorota Groerová
and you Dorota Tobiásová?

419
00:45:01,876 --> 00:45:04,501
Do you willingly accept this judgment?

420
00:45:07,876 --> 00:45:09,917
I have no other choice.

421
00:45:11,251 --> 00:45:15,501
- No. Thank him.
- Thank his Lordship.

422
00:45:21,251 --> 00:45:24,334
I humbly thank his gracious Lordship!

423
00:45:25,501 --> 00:45:28,376
Master Jokl,
proceed with your duty.

424
00:45:46,792 --> 00:45:50,126
- Your Reverence, I'm afraid.
- God is merciful.

425
00:46:04,042 --> 00:46:07,334
I was forced to confess!

426
00:46:07,417 --> 00:46:09,876
They tortured me for nine days.

427
00:46:09,959 --> 00:46:11,501
That's a lie.

428
00:46:11,584 --> 00:46:15,542
She was interrogated with
thumb-screws and the Spanish boot.

429
00:46:15,626 --> 00:46:17,834
That is the usual procedure.

430
00:46:17,917 --> 00:46:20,501
Flee, good people, flee!

431
00:46:20,584 --> 00:46:24,376
Or soon the same will happen to you!

432
00:46:40,501 --> 00:46:43,001
I die innocent.

433
00:46:43,084 --> 00:46:45,959
My children will curse you.

434
00:46:46,042 --> 00:46:51,584
Jesus, be merciful to me,
I testified against innocent people.

435
00:47:01,334 --> 00:47:04,834
Lucifer emerges from the ground,
hairy as a goat,

436
00:47:04,917 --> 00:47:07,417
his torso shining like the sun.

437
00:47:07,501 --> 00:47:09,959
The witches fall to their knees,

438
00:47:10,042 --> 00:47:13,417
kissing his left foot and his rump.

439
00:47:13,501 --> 00:47:17,376
Then the great fiend performs
a Black Mass.

440
00:47:39,042 --> 00:47:42,709
They were just poor wretched
servants of Satan.

441
00:47:47,126 --> 00:47:52,876
There are some incredible
historical cases, gentlemen.

442
00:47:54,251 --> 00:47:58,417
Two Dominicans recorded
the story of a witch,

443
00:47:58,501 --> 00:48:04,001
who removed the penises
of the men she lay with.

444
00:48:13,001 --> 00:48:15,584
Such witches should burn.

445
00:48:15,667 --> 00:48:20,001
She kept about thirty of them
in a nest in a tree somewhere.

446
00:48:20,084 --> 00:48:21,542
How many?

447
00:48:21,626 --> 00:48:24,334
- Thirty, your Excellency.
- God help us.

448
00:48:24,417 --> 00:48:28,959
Many witnesses claimed
before the Inquisition court

449
00:48:29,042 --> 00:48:32,376
that the penises moved as if alive.

450
00:48:38,209 --> 00:48:41,001
One such unfortunate man
who lost his member

451
00:48:41,084 --> 00:48:44,751
was told by a witch
he could choose a new one!

452
00:48:44,834 --> 00:48:48,084
Of course,
he picked the biggest.

453
00:48:50,126 --> 00:48:54,167
But the witch scolded him
for that, gentlemen.

454
00:48:54,251 --> 00:48:56,626
She told him it had belonged to

455
00:48:58,001 --> 00:49:00,459
a certain Prince Bishop!

456
00:49:12,709 --> 00:49:16,209
Sir Boblig of Edelstadt,
I ask you in the name of God,

457
00:49:18,126 --> 00:49:19,917
stop these trials.

458
00:49:21,001 --> 00:49:25,459
I am surprised that you of all people,
should ask that.

459
00:49:27,209 --> 00:49:29,959
You are distraught.
You should rest.

460
00:49:31,042 --> 00:49:35,042
I looked in their eyes
when the fire was lit.

461
00:49:36,417 --> 00:49:38,126
They were innocent.

462
00:49:39,251 --> 00:49:41,292
They were innocent.

463
00:49:41,376 --> 00:49:43,667
Be careful, Father.

464
00:49:43,751 --> 00:49:47,959
As a priest, you must not
look into women's eyes,

465
00:49:48,042 --> 00:49:50,417
no matter how ugly they may be.

466
00:49:50,501 --> 00:49:53,501
Otherwise the Devil
might deceive you too.

467
00:49:58,584 --> 00:50:03,001
Imagine gentlemen,
if she'd to throw grain into the nest too.

468
00:50:42,042 --> 00:50:45,959
Yes, you're right.
But who will give us sanction?

469
00:50:46,792 --> 00:50:50,376
All the courts worry about
are the Turks.

470
00:50:50,459 --> 00:50:52,626
So I should keep quiet?

471
00:50:56,209 --> 00:50:59,042
These are dangerous times,

472
00:50:59,126 --> 00:51:02,584
he who speaks up for heretics
may be condemned as one himself.

473
00:51:02,667 --> 00:51:06,084
Don't step on that glass.
It gives me chills.

474
00:51:06,167 --> 00:51:07,751
Forgive me.

475
00:51:08,376 --> 00:51:12,167
I'll be behaving just like them
if I'm not careful.

476
00:51:13,959 --> 00:51:17,209
I can't understand how
a man like him can be

477
00:51:17,292 --> 00:51:19,959
allowed to have the power
to decide the fate of others.

478
00:51:20,042 --> 00:51:24,292
- It will always be so.
- If that's true, I'd rather die!

479
00:51:24,376 --> 00:51:29,792
And you? Why did you become a judge?
Why did you let those women go?

480
00:51:29,876 --> 00:51:31,876
You could have also become
a deranged inquisitor.

481
00:51:31,959 --> 00:51:33,959
Boblig is not deranged.

482
00:51:34,042 --> 00:51:36,292
I'm talking about you!
You are acquiescence personified!

483
00:51:36,376 --> 00:51:38,876
Don't start quarrelling, you two.

484
00:51:40,126 --> 00:51:43,167
I know about prisons and prisoners.

485
00:51:44,626 --> 00:51:47,626
I wanted to maintain
a judges' position as honourable.

486
00:51:48,417 --> 00:51:52,126
That's why I was dismissed.
It doesn't matter now.

487
00:51:53,626 --> 00:51:57,084
But I know what the prison
can do to a man.

488
00:51:57,167 --> 00:51:59,084
What?

489
00:51:59,167 --> 00:52:03,209
Everything. Only then
you are no longer yourself.

490
00:52:13,751 --> 00:52:18,709
<i>Hallowed be Thy name
Thy kingdom come,</i>

491
00:52:21,001 --> 00:52:23,501
<i>and forgive us our trespasses...</i>

492
00:52:29,376 --> 00:52:31,792
- I beg you, Brother.
- What happened?

493
00:52:32,626 --> 00:52:36,834
We are of the same mother,
in God's name, you must help me.

494
00:52:36,917 --> 00:52:39,626
Be quiet, the walls have ears here.

495
00:52:46,001 --> 00:52:49,626
The three women were innocent.
I recognised it.

496
00:52:50,626 --> 00:52:54,167
God made me realise it.
What am I to do now?

497
00:52:54,251 --> 00:53:00,042
- What do you want me to do?
- I am to blame for everything.

498
00:53:00,126 --> 00:53:04,626
You must convince His Grace
the Bishop to put a stop to the trials.

499
00:53:04,709 --> 00:53:09,376
Listen to my advice, Brother:
keep your mouth shut!

500
00:53:20,917 --> 00:53:22,501
Write this down.

501
00:53:24,501 --> 00:53:26,417
For these reasons...

502
00:53:31,792 --> 00:53:33,376
After these...

503
00:53:35,126 --> 00:53:36,917
...sudden...

504
00:53:38,709 --> 00:53:40,292
...and disgusting...

505
00:53:41,126 --> 00:53:42,626
...confessions...

506
00:53:43,376 --> 00:53:45,042
...we were all the more...

507
00:53:49,251 --> 00:53:52,626
...surprised... overwhelmed, no...

508
00:53:54,584 --> 00:53:58,251
Aghast!
Underline "aghast".

509
00:54:00,501 --> 00:54:05,292
It's not going to be simple
to have the Deacon arrested.

510
00:54:07,126 --> 00:54:09,084
It's him or me.

511
00:54:11,292 --> 00:54:13,626
He doesn't pass judgment
singlehandedly.

512
00:54:13,709 --> 00:54:16,751
There are others
in the Inquisition tribunal.

513
00:54:17,459 --> 00:54:22,042
The administrator is uneducated,
the revenue officer is afraid,

514
00:54:22,126 --> 00:54:25,709
the privy counsellor
can neither read nor write.

515
00:54:26,709 --> 00:54:28,584
Don't ask me to do that.

516
00:54:30,917 --> 00:54:36,001
I'll ask His Grace the Bishop
for an audience myself.

517
00:54:36,084 --> 00:54:37,959
I didn't want to say this,

518
00:54:38,042 --> 00:54:41,542
but they don't think
very highly of you there.

519
00:54:41,626 --> 00:54:43,084
Why not?

520
00:54:43,167 --> 00:54:46,751
You are too popular
with your parishioners.

521
00:54:47,709 --> 00:54:51,334
Keep out of it, be quiet.

522
00:54:52,126 --> 00:54:54,459
Try to be reasonable.

523
00:54:55,126 --> 00:54:57,584
I am reasonable.
That's why I'm doing this.

524
00:54:58,459 --> 00:54:59,501
Goodbye, Vojtěch.

525
00:55:00,334 --> 00:55:03,376
We grew up together, but we don't see
eye to eye any longer.

526
00:55:03,459 --> 00:55:05,626
- But...
- Goodbye.

527
00:55:09,709 --> 00:55:14,584
I beg your Grace to consider the matter.

528
00:55:15,417 --> 00:55:18,751
Master Boblig uses
such inhuman methods

529
00:55:18,834 --> 00:55:22,084
that he can compel anyone
to confess to anything.

530
00:55:22,167 --> 00:55:24,126
Even the most heinous crimes.

531
00:55:24,209 --> 00:55:29,792
It goes against human reason,
the law and the teachings of Christ.

532
00:55:31,501 --> 00:55:34,584
I feel great responsibility
before God and to myself.

533
00:55:36,876 --> 00:55:41,792
It is only right that you feel responsible
for what is happening in your parish.

534
00:55:43,126 --> 00:55:47,959
But instead of asking for help
against heretics,

535
00:55:48,042 --> 00:55:54,084
you speak up for convicted disciples
of the Devil.

536
00:55:54,167 --> 00:55:58,042
Your Grace, the Devil's work
lies in the brutality

537
00:55:58,126 --> 00:56:02,001
towards the superstitious
and the uneducated.

538
00:56:02,084 --> 00:56:05,501
Master Boblig awakens it
with each repellent act.

539
00:56:07,459 --> 00:56:09,417
You are accusing the inquisitor?

540
00:56:11,501 --> 00:56:15,126
But it is in regard to you
I have received damning reports.

541
00:56:17,209 --> 00:56:22,626
You know we don't allow clergymen
to employ young housekeepers.

542
00:56:22,709 --> 00:56:26,126
You harbour such a woman,

543
00:56:26,209 --> 00:56:30,417
and even take her out
to social gatherings.

544
00:56:30,501 --> 00:56:33,417
How does that sit with your conscience?

545
00:56:33,501 --> 00:56:37,709
And your obedience?

546
00:56:40,917 --> 00:56:44,834
My late mother took the girl in.

547
00:56:46,167 --> 00:56:50,042
She stayed because she had
nowhere to go, your Grace.

548
00:56:51,667 --> 00:56:55,751
I shall give it due consideration.
You may leave.

549
00:57:14,876 --> 00:57:21,251
Ask Dr Meyer to study
Master Boblig's indictment carefully.

550
00:57:21,334 --> 00:57:25,501
He accuses Deacon Lautner
and Father König of witchcraft.

551
00:57:29,501 --> 00:57:31,834
Anything you wish from me, sir?

552
00:57:31,917 --> 00:57:34,834
I want to talk to you in private.

553
00:57:36,292 --> 00:57:40,792
Make sure no one
can hear our conversation.

554
00:57:45,084 --> 00:57:53,751
I wanted to forewarn you that
two of these witches name you.

555
00:57:55,834 --> 00:57:58,334
They said they saw you
at Peter's Rock.

556
00:57:58,876 --> 00:58:00,626
Where you were engaged in...

557
00:58:02,917 --> 00:58:06,042
...such acts I never thought
you capable of.

558
00:58:06,126 --> 00:58:09,792
- It's a lie! That's not true!
- Calm down... Calm down...

559
00:58:09,876 --> 00:58:11,917
One cannot believe everything.

560
00:58:13,042 --> 00:58:15,959
Sometimes they make up a name
out of spite.

561
00:58:16,042 --> 00:58:19,626
That's the truth.
I shall be forever grateful to you.

562
00:58:19,709 --> 00:58:22,084
Don't worry, I believe you.

563
00:58:22,917 --> 00:58:25,959
I only ask that you should
do your job conscientiously.

564
00:58:27,292 --> 00:58:29,626
Here is a list of further suspects.

565
00:58:29,709 --> 00:58:34,417
You have to arrest them,
even if they are your friends.

566
00:58:34,501 --> 00:58:38,251
Persons suspected of intercourse
with Satan are not my friends.

567
00:58:38,334 --> 00:58:40,417
Bravo, thank you.

568
00:58:40,501 --> 00:58:43,209
Maria Sattlerová,
you and your daughter Lízl

569
00:58:43,292 --> 00:58:46,917
are accused of witchcraft.
I have orders to arrest you.

570
00:58:52,376 --> 00:58:54,917
We only need you as a witness.

571
00:58:55,001 --> 00:58:57,751
Mrs Sattlerová has called
upon you to testify.

572
00:59:00,584 --> 00:59:05,084
I'll go, but only when
the Deacon comes back.

573
00:59:05,167 --> 00:59:07,292
You must come now.

574
00:59:08,709 --> 00:59:10,709
I can't...

575
00:59:13,667 --> 00:59:18,459
Let me go, please.

576
00:59:30,626 --> 00:59:33,584
- How much do you want?
- Take care that no one hears you.

577
00:59:33,667 --> 00:59:35,751
How much for letting me talk
to my husband?

578
00:59:35,834 --> 00:59:38,126
Sit tight and shut up.

579
00:59:39,209 --> 00:59:42,126
They knew you'd gone
to see the Bishop.

580
00:59:48,167 --> 00:59:50,042
My God.

581
00:59:52,417 --> 00:59:56,001
I'm sorry to come so late.
I had to wait till dark.

582
00:59:56,084 --> 00:59:58,209
People watch each other now.

583
01:00:06,209 --> 01:00:08,751
I bribed the guard.

584
01:00:08,834 --> 01:00:11,042
He brought it only a minute ago.

585
01:00:17,792 --> 01:00:20,626
You must get away right now.
Tonight!

586
01:00:20,709 --> 01:00:24,126
The revenue officer told me
somebody testified against you.

587
01:00:24,209 --> 01:00:27,959
I've worked hard all my life.
I should give it up to them?

588
01:00:28,042 --> 01:00:30,042
You want to risk your life
for the sake of money?

589
01:00:30,126 --> 01:00:34,001
No, not for the money.
I'm still a councillor of law!

590
01:00:35,376 --> 01:00:40,001
I've lived a decent life
and I've done so much for this town!

591
01:00:41,209 --> 01:00:44,417
Am I to give in to those scoundrels?

592
01:00:50,459 --> 01:00:53,126
Won't you sit down, Deacon?

593
01:00:56,876 --> 01:01:01,459
Ignác, some wine in honour
of our distinguished visitor.

594
01:01:08,292 --> 01:01:10,667
Sir Boblig of Edelstadt,

595
01:01:10,751 --> 01:01:13,876
what possible reason did you find
for arresting Mrs Sattlerová,

596
01:01:13,959 --> 01:01:15,876
her daughter and my cook Zuzana?

597
01:01:17,501 --> 01:01:21,584
And why are you so interested
in the fate of these women?

598
01:01:22,792 --> 01:01:27,167
Maria Sattlerová has always been
a good Catholic and an honest woman.

599
01:01:27,251 --> 01:01:30,042
So is her daughter
and Zuzana Voglicková.

600
01:01:30,126 --> 01:01:31,792
I have known them for years.

601
01:01:31,876 --> 01:01:37,209
I know good Reverend,
I am told you visit the family often.

602
01:01:38,167 --> 01:01:41,667
Is that an aggravating circumstance
for Mrs Sattlerová?

603
01:01:41,751 --> 01:01:44,667
God forbid,
I'm doing all I can for her.

604
01:01:56,334 --> 01:01:59,626
To your health, your Reverence.

605
01:02:02,251 --> 01:02:04,209
You bitch!

606
01:02:07,917 --> 01:02:10,042
You whore!

607
01:02:11,959 --> 01:02:13,959
Whore!

608
01:02:20,584 --> 01:02:23,376
Do you think that the Inquisition court

609
01:02:23,459 --> 01:02:25,834
burned those three witches
for no reason?

610
01:02:25,917 --> 01:02:30,751
- How did you prove their guilt?
- You have books on law, Deacon.

611
01:02:32,167 --> 01:02:36,084
Guilt can be proved by confession
and testimony. Is that not so?

612
01:02:39,167 --> 01:02:42,751
Let me tell you something.

613
01:02:45,917 --> 01:02:49,959
The women you defend have
many guilty collaborators.

614
01:02:50,042 --> 01:02:53,209
I am surprised that you,
as spiritual pastor,

615
01:02:53,292 --> 01:02:56,626
did not inquire about the situation
by coming to me directly.

616
01:02:57,667 --> 01:03:00,167
Who else is supposedly involved?

617
01:03:03,751 --> 01:03:06,459
Why don't you like me, Mr Deacon?

618
01:03:09,959 --> 01:03:12,751
What do you have against me?

619
01:03:31,709 --> 01:03:35,042
You read many books, Deacon.
But one is enough for me.

620
01:03:35,126 --> 01:03:36,417
The Bible?

621
01:03:36,501 --> 01:03:40,251
No. 'The Witchhammer',
the most Holy book of all.

622
01:03:40,334 --> 01:03:44,376
I know the book.
May I read something to you?

623
01:03:51,584 --> 01:03:56,501
"It is permitted to make the accused
confess by promising lenience or mercy,

624
01:03:56,584 --> 01:04:00,376
"or by the promise
of a fixed prison term only.

625
01:04:00,459 --> 01:04:03,126
"The judge must fulfil the promise.

626
01:04:03,959 --> 01:04:08,459
"Only after serving her term,
the witch may then be burnt alive.

627
01:04:09,292 --> 01:04:13,167
"A judge may also promise a pardon,
then appoint another judge

628
01:04:13,251 --> 01:04:16,292
"who will pass the death sentence."

629
01:04:16,834 --> 01:04:20,959
"Such action is permitted
by the law of God and man."

630
01:04:22,001 --> 01:04:25,251
A sacrilegious and cruel book,
don't you think?

631
01:04:26,251 --> 01:04:28,709
A matter of shame
for any Christian country!

632
01:04:29,501 --> 01:04:33,626
- Would you ever let anyone go free?
- Of course!

633
01:04:33,709 --> 01:04:37,917
If it could be proven that they were
not in league with the Devil...

634
01:04:38,001 --> 01:04:41,042
And how does one prove that?

635
01:04:41,126 --> 01:04:44,542
I don't know. Everyone has
always confessed to me.

636
01:04:44,626 --> 01:04:47,126
You may not believe me,
but it's true.

637
01:04:48,834 --> 01:04:51,626
And if I should make a mistake...

638
01:04:52,834 --> 01:04:58,751
...you know yourself, even judges
are just instruments of God.

639
01:05:00,084 --> 01:05:02,834
What about your conscience?

640
01:05:06,126 --> 01:05:09,126
I'm not a theologian.
I'm a lawyer.

641
01:05:29,292 --> 01:05:33,376
I want to talk to my mother.
I'll give you money.

642
01:05:34,709 --> 01:05:37,042
The money...

643
01:05:46,459 --> 01:05:48,584
Give it to me then.

644
01:05:55,917 --> 01:05:58,501
Let me go, or I'll scream.

645
01:05:59,209 --> 01:06:01,126
That won't do you any good.

646
01:06:03,417 --> 01:06:05,334
My brother the Abbot
will file a complaint.

647
01:06:05,417 --> 01:06:09,042
Soap-maker Prerovsky,
you are also on the list of the accused.

648
01:06:09,126 --> 01:06:11,209
Sattler, stop resisting.

649
01:06:13,501 --> 01:06:15,209
I have orders to arrest you.

650
01:06:15,292 --> 01:06:18,001
We are the members of the tribunal!

651
01:06:20,167 --> 01:06:22,959
- What's the meaning of this?
- I have received orders...

652
01:06:23,959 --> 01:06:26,584
The revenue officer
and the forester

653
01:06:26,667 --> 01:06:29,917
have been arrested
on suspicion of witchcraft.

654
01:06:30,001 --> 01:06:32,792
They are Her Grace's officials,
and under my jurisdiction!

655
01:06:32,876 --> 01:06:36,876
But I am director
of the Inquisition court.

656
01:06:36,959 --> 01:06:41,001
Her Grace does not employ
people in league with the Devil.

657
01:06:41,084 --> 01:06:44,334
If you don't release them immediately,
I'll have you arrested.

658
01:06:48,209 --> 01:06:51,584
Sheriff, you have defended
the Devil's followers.

659
01:06:51,667 --> 01:06:53,542
Therefore, I must arrest you.

660
01:06:53,626 --> 01:06:56,084
You'll lose your head for this.

661
01:06:57,959 --> 01:07:00,167
Write that down.

662
01:07:04,501 --> 01:07:08,417
He checks their financial situation
before he arrests them.

663
01:07:08,501 --> 01:07:11,459
The tribunal passes judgment, not I.

664
01:07:12,459 --> 01:07:15,834
The trials are ever more costly.
I can't keep paying for them.

665
01:07:15,917 --> 01:07:19,709
I give the Church what I can,
but times are hard.

666
01:07:21,084 --> 01:07:25,209
Sir Boblig of Edelstadt has
lawful reasons we may not understand.

667
01:07:28,292 --> 01:07:33,167
When my officials were arrested,
it turned out they'd swindled me.

668
01:07:33,251 --> 01:07:36,292
Their confiscated property
will make up

669
01:07:36,376 --> 01:07:40,792
for a part
of what they have stolen from me.

670
01:07:43,751 --> 01:07:48,667
Reverend Father,
I advise you to be careful.

671
01:07:50,126 --> 01:07:53,751
You can no longer count on
my protection.

672
01:09:10,459 --> 01:09:15,376
Lucifer's shining horn lights
the gory carrion feast.

673
01:09:15,459 --> 01:09:21,001
Demons play with rotted horse heads
tied with cats' tails.

674
01:09:25,417 --> 01:09:27,376
That's it, press harder.

675
01:09:31,876 --> 01:09:36,584
Sattler, his wife and daughter
have all confessed.

676
01:09:36,667 --> 01:09:39,209
It's a bit swollen.

677
01:09:39,292 --> 01:09:42,876
It's that courtroom of theirs,
cold as a barn.

678
01:09:45,834 --> 01:09:50,542
I wonder what Lautner will say
when we confront him with the Sattlers.

679
01:09:50,626 --> 01:09:54,001
I'm curious to see it,
should it ever happen.

680
01:09:54,876 --> 01:09:56,792
Not so hard.

681
01:10:01,167 --> 01:10:04,292
I'm surprised that
the bishop hasn't answered.

682
01:10:04,376 --> 01:10:08,084
What are they doing there?

683
01:10:08,167 --> 01:10:13,584
- Shall I carry on?
- No, I'm exhausted.

684
01:10:15,917 --> 01:10:18,417
In a while you can do my legs.

685
01:10:24,209 --> 01:10:26,126
It's not my place to say this,

686
01:10:27,417 --> 01:10:34,792
but I think you're being too lenient...
with that Zuzana girl.

687
01:10:35,626 --> 01:10:40,751
It's her testimony that would
really make the bishop take notice.

688
01:10:43,167 --> 01:10:45,584
Well, you know...

689
01:10:47,251 --> 01:10:51,501
She's not like
those filthy village hags.

690
01:10:55,251 --> 01:10:56,584
She could...

691
01:10:59,126 --> 01:11:02,376
...be a model
for a painting of the Madonna.

692
01:11:02,459 --> 01:11:06,709
Do the left first.
You know I have a bad heart.

693
01:11:06,792 --> 01:11:10,376
I'm sorry, sir, I forgot.

694
01:11:16,084 --> 01:11:18,001
A pity I'm so old.

695
01:11:19,792 --> 01:11:21,501
Don't press so hard.

696
01:11:27,876 --> 01:11:30,292
Can you imagine her naked?

697
01:11:32,251 --> 01:11:33,917
Quite easily...

698
01:11:35,292 --> 01:11:38,042
But I don't mean
at the interrogation.

699
01:11:40,667 --> 01:11:42,501
What a pity she must...

700
01:11:43,667 --> 01:11:45,376
But, nothing can be done.

701
01:11:47,084 --> 01:11:53,251
If you want to enjoy a flower,
you have to pick it, then it wilts.

702
01:11:55,126 --> 01:11:59,834
It withers when it is
at its most beautiful.

703
01:12:03,042 --> 01:12:05,001
Man is vanity.

704
01:12:07,751 --> 01:12:09,376
And so is beauty.

705
01:12:09,459 --> 01:12:13,876
These things are only skin deep.
Inside there's just bloody meat.

706
01:12:15,792 --> 01:12:17,667
Flesh, blood and meat.

707
01:12:21,001 --> 01:12:25,126
Blood, putrefaction, then nothing.

708
01:12:27,126 --> 01:12:29,417
Deceit.

709
01:12:51,209 --> 01:12:55,292
In the name of the Father,
the Son and the Holy Ghost. Amen.

710
01:13:00,501 --> 01:13:05,501
Do you confess to taking part
in the witches' Sabbaths

711
01:13:05,584 --> 01:13:09,417
as stated by three persons
before they died,

712
01:13:09,501 --> 01:13:12,501
and four others who still live?

713
01:13:12,584 --> 01:13:14,876
I have never been to Peter's Rock.

714
01:13:14,959 --> 01:13:21,626
How many witnesses
can you bring forward to prove it?

715
01:13:21,709 --> 01:13:24,876
It's impossible for me to prove where
I have not been and what I haven't done.

716
01:13:29,834 --> 01:13:36,167
I've known you since you were a child.
I always liked you. Tell the truth.

717
01:13:36,251 --> 01:13:40,084
And if you repent,
God will forgive you.

718
01:13:41,334 --> 01:13:47,876
Zuzana Voglicková, your obstinacy,
forces the court to resort to torture.

719
01:13:51,501 --> 01:13:54,042
Come on, speak up.

720
01:13:55,459 --> 01:13:58,667
All I can say
is that it isn't true.

721
01:13:59,751 --> 01:14:02,251
Master Jokl, bring the thumbscrews.

722
01:14:41,292 --> 01:14:44,126
Do you wish to make a confession?

723
01:14:44,209 --> 01:14:46,167
No.

724
01:14:47,501 --> 01:14:52,001
She has withstood torture.
She's innocent. Leave her.

725
01:14:52,084 --> 01:14:54,584
Her lover makes her body insensitive.

726
01:14:54,667 --> 01:14:56,792
Go on, Master Jokl.

727
01:15:03,251 --> 01:15:05,001
Yes.

728
01:15:20,501 --> 01:15:23,084
Will you answer questions now?

729
01:15:26,167 --> 01:15:30,459
Was Deacon Lautner
with you at Peter's Rock?

730
01:15:35,334 --> 01:15:38,584
Deacon Lautner? Yes, he was.

731
01:15:38,667 --> 01:15:41,001
Did you practise sinful union?

732
01:15:42,667 --> 01:15:44,459
Yes.

733
01:15:51,917 --> 01:15:56,417
And now I must pay the price
for my sins.

734
01:15:59,501 --> 01:16:02,959
The accused's confession will suffice.

735
01:16:03,042 --> 01:16:08,334
It remains to be determined whether she
bears the mark of the devil on her body.

736
01:16:56,667 --> 01:16:59,417
Examine her thoroughly, Ignác.

737
01:16:59,501 --> 01:17:01,792
Here it is.

738
01:17:15,917 --> 01:17:18,001
Not a drop of blood, gentlemen.

739
01:17:24,501 --> 01:17:26,709
Better proof than any confession.

740
01:17:26,792 --> 01:17:28,667
<i>Signum diabolicum.</i>

741
01:17:32,917 --> 01:17:37,334
It's all a lie.
None of what I said is true.

742
01:17:38,501 --> 01:17:40,167
Take her away.

743
01:17:55,126 --> 01:17:57,126
Welcome, my friend.

744
01:17:58,917 --> 01:18:01,751
Come in, the guests are waiting.

745
01:18:05,459 --> 01:18:10,376
I know you'll appreciate this.
Twenty years old.

746
01:18:13,626 --> 01:18:18,501
I'm happy to see you again,
that you could join our festivities.

747
01:18:21,292 --> 01:18:28,501
<i>Vivat decanus Adalbertus Winkler.
Vivat!</i>

748
01:19:03,876 --> 01:19:06,667
A letter from His Grace the Bishop.

749
01:19:06,751 --> 01:19:08,834
Is it for me?

750
01:19:08,917 --> 01:19:10,376
Read it.

751
01:19:29,876 --> 01:19:32,459
It's a beautiful letter.

752
01:19:33,459 --> 01:19:36,709
You can surely explain to me
what it means?

753
01:19:37,917 --> 01:19:41,792
It means that, by the Bishop's orders,
you are under arrest.

754
01:19:45,126 --> 01:19:49,626
So, you only invited me here
to have me arrested discreetly.

755
01:19:55,542 --> 01:19:57,709
A moment ago you kissed me.

756
01:19:58,584 --> 01:20:00,751
You know who else did that?

757
01:20:04,126 --> 01:20:06,459
I am at your service, Gentlemen.

758
01:20:27,917 --> 01:20:31,209
I saw him being taken away.
Like a criminal.

759
01:20:33,334 --> 01:20:35,209
I'm leaving town.

760
01:20:36,334 --> 01:20:39,376
Won't you come with me?
Before they arrest you too?

761
01:20:43,042 --> 01:20:45,126
I'll be right back.

762
01:21:08,792 --> 01:21:12,917
I'll file a complaint to the appeals court.
Will you take me to Prague?

763
01:21:16,792 --> 01:21:18,876
Thank you, it's the last chance.

764
01:21:31,667 --> 01:21:36,126
As Walpurgis Night comes to a close,
Lucifer burns himself,

765
01:21:36,209 --> 01:21:39,917
and his ashes are given
to the witches.

766
01:21:44,834 --> 01:21:47,209
What are you trying to do?

767
01:21:55,251 --> 01:21:57,959
You bitch. You witch.

768
01:21:58,042 --> 01:22:01,959
What were you thinking?
I am responsible for you.

769
01:22:02,042 --> 01:22:06,084
You must testify. Testify.

770
01:22:08,584 --> 01:22:12,959
Kryštof Lautner,
why do you ask to confront

771
01:22:13,042 --> 01:22:16,167
those who testify against you?

772
01:22:16,751 --> 01:22:18,709
I hope I shall convince them.

773
01:22:18,792 --> 01:22:22,667
My friends wouldn't utter
such nonsense to my face.

774
01:22:26,292 --> 01:22:31,126
Maria Sattlerová,
tell us where you saw Deacon Lautner

775
01:22:31,209 --> 01:22:34,167
and what you did there.

776
01:22:36,959 --> 01:22:42,709
We used to meet at
the witches' gatherings at Peter's Rock.

777
01:22:42,792 --> 01:22:50,334
I was there, with my husband Kašpar,
and Deacon Lautner,

778
01:22:50,417 --> 01:22:53,417
and Zuzana, his cook and we...

779
01:22:53,501 --> 01:22:55,292
Maria, why are you saying this?

780
01:22:55,376 --> 01:22:57,292
We gorged ourselves there,
and danced...

781
01:22:57,376 --> 01:22:59,751
- But this is a lie.
- We cavorted and drank beer.

782
01:22:59,834 --> 01:23:02,501
- Why are you lying?
- Then we fornicated.

783
01:23:02,584 --> 01:23:05,126
Maria, look me in the eye.

784
01:23:05,209 --> 01:23:09,084
The Deacon had intercourse
with his cook and me.

785
01:23:22,667 --> 01:23:29,584
Alžběta Sattlerová, tell us about
the witches' wedding at your house.

786
01:23:33,584 --> 01:23:35,959
Two suitors came in.

787
01:23:36,042 --> 01:23:40,292
One was a spirit to whom
I gave myself, Hans Peter.

788
01:23:40,376 --> 01:23:43,584
The other one, the soap-maker,
Jan Prerovsky.

789
01:23:43,667 --> 01:23:48,126
Before my parents
gave the suitors an answer,

790
01:23:48,209 --> 01:23:53,001
they invited guests
from the coven to our house.

791
01:23:53,084 --> 01:23:56,167
Then Deacon Lautner
married me to the evil spirit.

792
01:23:56,959 --> 01:23:59,917
Goddaughter, these are just dreams.

793
01:24:00,459 --> 01:24:03,042
I saw you with my own eyes.

794
01:24:03,126 --> 01:24:06,626
You fornicated
with Zuzana and my mother.

795
01:24:06,709 --> 01:24:11,084
And my father lay with me.
It's a great sin.

796
01:24:11,167 --> 01:24:13,876
Do you realise what you're saying?

797
01:24:13,959 --> 01:24:18,251
You know I always did
my best for you.

798
01:24:21,751 --> 01:24:26,251
Kašpar Sattler,
do you recognise Deacon Lautner?

799
01:24:28,751 --> 01:24:30,042
Yes.

800
01:24:30,834 --> 01:24:33,834
At least you can speak the truth.

801
01:24:36,001 --> 01:24:39,126
The Deacon was in league
with an evil spirit.

802
01:24:40,167 --> 01:24:44,376
Are you still cross because I opposed
your daughter's marriage?

803
01:24:48,001 --> 01:24:52,167
Once he crowned my wife
the 'Queen of Witches'.

804
01:24:53,751 --> 01:24:57,042
Then he played the violin
as we celebrated.

805
01:24:57,792 --> 01:25:03,459
Do you speak thus because you
hold a grudge against the Deacon?

806
01:25:05,376 --> 01:25:08,959
No. We've been friends for many years.

807
01:25:09,876 --> 01:25:14,626
But we both served an unclean spirit
and we must pay for it.

808
01:25:14,709 --> 01:25:19,209
Not a word of this is true,
you know that.

809
01:25:19,917 --> 01:25:26,917
At first I denied it, but gave up
to save myself from greater torture.

810
01:25:30,001 --> 01:25:32,917
Do you think God will forgive me?

811
01:25:40,667 --> 01:25:43,001
I understand everything.

812
01:25:43,084 --> 01:25:46,792
Please forgive me if I ever wronged you.

813
01:25:46,876 --> 01:25:49,834
I forgive you everything.

814
01:25:53,251 --> 01:25:56,084
Stop this play-acting, Lautner!

815
01:25:56,792 --> 01:25:58,876
We know all about your crimes.

816
01:25:58,959 --> 01:26:03,376
Do you admit to the crimes
to which the witnesses testified?

817
01:26:04,501 --> 01:26:06,292
I admit nothing!

818
01:26:06,376 --> 01:26:12,876
Were you and your cook
at the witches' union at the Sattlers?

819
01:26:12,959 --> 01:26:17,209
We were at no witches' wedding.
Neither she nor I.

820
01:26:21,001 --> 01:26:26,001
Who awoke the adult feelings
in her? Tell us the truth!

821
01:26:27,751 --> 01:26:30,001
I did.

822
01:26:35,834 --> 01:26:38,042
Why didn't you send her away?

823
01:26:39,751 --> 01:26:43,126
I wanted to provide for her first.

824
01:26:43,209 --> 01:26:48,792
We made an agreement
to end all physical relations.

825
01:26:52,792 --> 01:26:54,501
And that was all?

826
01:26:56,251 --> 01:26:59,709
No agreement
to a sorcerous pact, perhaps?

827
01:27:00,709 --> 01:27:01,959
No.

828
01:27:02,042 --> 01:27:05,334
- Do you play the violin?
- I do.

829
01:27:05,417 --> 01:27:08,126
A clergyman
and he plays the violin!

830
01:27:12,334 --> 01:27:16,251
Do you admit what the witches
of Losiny and Šumperk described?

831
01:27:16,334 --> 01:27:18,001
No.

832
01:27:18,084 --> 01:27:20,376
My dear Deacon Lautner.

833
01:27:20,459 --> 01:27:24,042
Who should one believe?
Thirty-six people, or one?

834
01:27:24,126 --> 01:27:26,417
One person, if he is righteous.

835
01:27:27,709 --> 01:27:30,167
You can prove your innocence, then?

836
01:27:31,751 --> 01:27:33,334
I cannot.

837
01:27:33,417 --> 01:27:37,834
No one can see into my conscience,
nor I into anyone else's.

838
01:27:41,334 --> 01:27:45,084
Why did you hide in the library
before your arrest?

839
01:27:45,167 --> 01:27:47,542
What were you afraid of?

840
01:27:47,626 --> 01:27:51,334
I was not afraid.
I was studying, that's all.

841
01:27:53,167 --> 01:27:56,751
Do you want to hear the testimony
of Zuzana Voglicková?

842
01:27:59,376 --> 01:28:02,792
Yes, I do.
I hope she'll tell the truth.

843
01:28:20,084 --> 01:28:22,917
Little Zuzana.

844
01:28:28,334 --> 01:28:33,501
Zuzana Voglicková, tell the court
what you did at Peter's Rock.

845
01:28:34,792 --> 01:28:36,751
Tell the whole truth.

846
01:28:42,542 --> 01:28:45,751
It was my misfortune
to have come to the parish.

847
01:28:47,542 --> 01:28:50,376
I should have gone begging instead.

848
01:28:50,459 --> 01:28:52,501
Zuzana, but that's not...

849
01:28:53,459 --> 01:28:55,251
Tell us about Peter's Rock.

850
01:28:57,001 --> 01:28:59,292
Peter's Rock... I know...

851
01:28:59,376 --> 01:29:02,792
I want to get it right...

852
01:29:04,667 --> 01:29:10,709
We gorged ourselves, drank,
danced and cavorted around,

853
01:29:11,751 --> 01:29:17,417
fornicated with evil spirits
and with people and it's a sin.

854
01:29:18,751 --> 01:29:23,542
The Deacon lay with me
and Mrs Sattler.

855
01:29:25,751 --> 01:29:31,251
I came to the deanery
and they turned me into a witch.

856
01:29:33,001 --> 01:29:35,334
And because of that,
I must now die.

857
01:29:40,417 --> 01:29:45,001
For the love of God,
forgive me, I beg you.

858
01:29:45,084 --> 01:29:49,542
I... I know...
This is all my fault.

859
01:29:55,917 --> 01:29:57,792
Calm down.

860
01:29:59,417 --> 01:30:02,084
Repeat everything you've said.

861
01:30:02,959 --> 01:30:06,126
Say it to Deacon's face,
as he won't admit it.

862
01:30:08,917 --> 01:30:12,084
No, I can't, no... no...

863
01:30:23,626 --> 01:30:26,959
She's out of her mind.
She's insane, can't you see it?

864
01:30:27,042 --> 01:30:30,251
That's nothing unusual.
We should not get distracted.

865
01:30:30,792 --> 01:30:33,417
She's been silenced by the Devil.
Come and see.

866
01:30:35,417 --> 01:30:40,084
That red weal! Her black gallant
has sealed her lips.

867
01:30:40,167 --> 01:30:46,876
<i>Apage Satanas. In nomine Patris
et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.</i>

868
01:30:46,959 --> 01:30:49,667
Your handiwork, gentlemen.

869
01:30:49,751 --> 01:30:52,251
Noble work it is.

870
01:31:01,209 --> 01:31:03,959
I'm fond of you, as I was before,

871
01:31:04,042 --> 01:31:07,417
and forgive you
for what you said against me, Zuzana.

872
01:31:08,292 --> 01:31:11,792
My dear Zuzana.

873
01:31:19,459 --> 01:31:22,667
Kryštof Lautner,
do you plead guilty?

874
01:31:22,751 --> 01:31:28,959
No! Nor is the testimony
of the Sattler family true,

875
01:31:29,792 --> 01:31:35,667
nor the testimony of the girl.
You stripped reason from her!

876
01:31:37,251 --> 01:31:41,584
We have treated you too leniently.
We shall be more severe.

877
01:31:41,667 --> 01:31:46,292
You may have power, but power
and truth are two different things,

878
01:31:47,626 --> 01:31:50,417
and besides, you...

879
01:31:54,334 --> 01:31:57,459
The Devil can
take on anyone's likeness.

880
01:31:57,542 --> 01:32:03,542
What if he's innocent and the Devil
took on his form at the meetings?

881
01:32:03,626 --> 01:32:06,876
So it was a mere duplicate
of this man?

882
01:32:06,959 --> 01:32:08,959
That is not a duplicate.

883
01:32:09,042 --> 01:32:12,876
My forty years' experience
tells me this is the original.

884
01:32:12,959 --> 01:32:15,376
These old hags
still have nothing better to do?

885
01:32:15,459 --> 01:32:19,417
No, but the trial is endless.
Forty defendants and growing.

886
01:32:19,501 --> 01:32:23,251
- Ex-judge Hutter has filed a protest.
- Protest? Against what?

887
01:32:23,334 --> 01:32:26,001
Against the investigation methods.

888
01:32:26,084 --> 01:32:30,001
Claiming that the confessions
are extorted under severe torture.

889
01:32:30,084 --> 01:32:32,834
It's the usual method
of the Inquisition court.

890
01:32:33,709 --> 01:32:38,042
But this man Boblig
uses the same methods

891
01:32:38,126 --> 01:32:42,042
as the German inquisitors
at the beginning of the century.

892
01:32:42,126 --> 01:32:45,417
Didn't those people plead guilty?
So, what's the issue?

893
01:32:50,459 --> 01:32:52,501
You know, Mr Secretary,

894
01:32:53,417 --> 01:32:57,084
we can't bother his Highness
with such trifling matters.

895
01:32:57,167 --> 01:32:59,584
He has greater concerns.

896
01:32:59,667 --> 01:33:03,417
His dreadful finances...
You know what I mean?

897
01:33:03,501 --> 01:33:06,792
Above all we must maintain
peace and order, understand?

898
01:33:07,459 --> 01:33:10,167
The Turks are approaching Vienna...

899
01:33:10,251 --> 01:33:12,542
We'll see what happens.

900
01:33:12,626 --> 01:33:14,959
Wonderful fit, your Grace.

901
01:33:16,751 --> 01:33:18,876
I hope I crush Martinic today.

902
01:33:18,959 --> 01:33:21,209
That's for sure, your Grace.

903
01:33:50,292 --> 01:33:56,126
Maria Sattlerová pleasantly
surprised me the way she died.

904
01:33:57,376 --> 01:34:01,792
Up to the last moment her eyes
were turned to heaven.

905
01:34:03,626 --> 01:34:05,501
- Just one small hitch.
- Yes.

906
01:34:06,251 --> 01:34:11,709
It took the executioner three hacks
to get Sattler's head off.

907
01:34:12,417 --> 01:34:14,667
Was Sattler drunk?

908
01:34:16,251 --> 01:34:17,917
What's wrong?

909
01:34:22,751 --> 01:34:25,542
Sattler signed
his last will yesterday.

910
01:34:25,626 --> 01:34:29,084
Didn't he have anything
better to do before dying?

911
01:34:31,501 --> 01:34:34,459
His property will pay for the trial.

912
01:34:34,542 --> 01:34:37,292
And since the confiscated
money is not enough,

913
01:34:37,376 --> 01:34:40,792
his house and workshop
will have to be sold.

914
01:34:42,292 --> 01:34:45,709
At the assessor's price,
at a third of the value.

915
01:34:47,042 --> 01:34:49,876
As far as I know,
you were the first interested party.

916
01:34:49,959 --> 01:34:51,834
And I know what's decent,
good Sir Boblig of Edelstadt.

917
01:34:56,501 --> 01:35:02,542
Forgive us our trespasses,
and my own, too.

918
01:35:05,834 --> 01:35:09,917
I did it all in your name.

919
01:35:14,001 --> 01:35:17,084
In your view, Brother,
is Kryštof Lautner guilty?

920
01:35:17,917 --> 01:35:20,001
You're a member
of the Inquisition committee.

921
01:35:20,084 --> 01:35:24,709
You bear no grudge against him.
Tell me, to the best of your knowledge.

922
01:35:24,792 --> 01:35:29,292
There is a great deal
of evidence against him.

923
01:35:29,376 --> 01:35:31,834
Your personal opinion, please!

924
01:35:33,626 --> 01:35:37,376
I'm not fully convinced of his guilt.

925
01:35:38,459 --> 01:35:44,376
I fail to see
why he should commit such crimes.

926
01:35:45,417 --> 01:35:47,917
And your opinion, Brother?

927
01:35:48,001 --> 01:35:52,626
I'm sorry, your Grace,
but I disagree.

928
01:35:52,709 --> 01:35:58,751
Thirty-six witnesses confirmed
his involvement in witchcraft.

929
01:35:58,834 --> 01:36:02,584
Lautner was unable
to disprove the testimony,

930
01:36:02,667 --> 01:36:08,084
which leaves us
with no alternative but to use torture.

931
01:36:10,417 --> 01:36:12,292
Your opinion, Brother?

932
01:36:16,334 --> 01:36:17,959
The question is...

933
01:36:20,042 --> 01:36:24,834
Whether the torture
is the most reliable means...

934
01:36:28,501 --> 01:36:30,459
...of discovering the truth.

935
01:36:30,542 --> 01:36:33,667
The greatest authorities have shown
that only with the Devil's help

936
01:36:33,751 --> 01:36:36,959
can a delinquent keep silent
when put to torture.

937
01:36:41,209 --> 01:36:44,417
You have not been terribly enlightening.

938
01:36:44,501 --> 01:36:48,501
I have a great interest in the case
because Lautner is a priest.

939
01:36:49,751 --> 01:36:51,876
Therefore, let God decide.

940
01:36:52,501 --> 01:36:58,251
I consent that Lautner is to be subjected
to the use of torture.

941
01:36:58,792 --> 01:37:00,001
Amen.

942
01:37:06,542 --> 01:37:10,126
<i>No! I will not confess!</i>

943
01:37:22,084 --> 01:37:24,042
Enough, Jokl.

944
01:37:24,126 --> 01:37:28,042
The accused nodded, which
is the equivalent to a verbal confession.

945
01:37:28,126 --> 01:37:30,126
Write it down.

946
01:37:30,209 --> 01:37:33,792
Kryštof Alois Lautner, on this day,

947
01:37:34,917 --> 01:37:37,126
has voluntarily confessed

948
01:37:38,751 --> 01:37:41,084
that he was in league with the Devil.

949
01:37:45,167 --> 01:37:48,751
It was a lie.
What I confessed was untrue.

950
01:37:48,834 --> 01:37:53,334
- We all saw your acknowledgment.
- You saw a man forced to lie.

951
01:37:54,459 --> 01:37:58,584
I am sinner,
but I have never practised magic.

952
01:37:58,667 --> 01:38:01,209
Mr Jokl, stretch him on the rack.

953
01:38:01,917 --> 01:38:03,751
Enough for today,
Sir Boblig of Edelstadt.

954
01:38:03,834 --> 01:38:05,751
Please do not interfere
with the interrogation.

955
01:38:05,834 --> 01:38:08,334
The rules of Inquisition say
the third torture should not exceed

956
01:38:08,417 --> 01:38:10,417
more than half an hour.

957
01:38:10,501 --> 01:38:16,626
And different types of torture
may not be used in succession.

958
01:38:16,709 --> 01:38:19,876
The testimony of thirty-six people
constitutes convincing proof,

959
01:38:19,959 --> 01:38:22,292
and torture is not necessary.

960
01:38:22,376 --> 01:38:25,167
The nod is quite sufficient.

961
01:38:25,251 --> 01:38:33,042
When two statements are contradictory,
as Lautner's "Yes" and "No",

962
01:38:33,126 --> 01:38:36,251
either can be considered valid.

963
01:38:36,917 --> 01:38:43,501
Do you consider his plea as credible
as that of thirty-six witnesses?

964
01:38:48,126 --> 01:38:50,501
Examination by torture
is over for today.

965
01:38:51,751 --> 01:38:54,834
If you refuse to confess,
you'll be put on the rack.

966
01:38:59,876 --> 01:39:04,167
Have you considered
that we could let him go free?

967
01:39:04,251 --> 01:39:07,834
After three degrees of torture
he still has made no admission.

968
01:39:07,917 --> 01:39:11,792
No one could withstand such pain
if he were really guilty.

969
01:39:12,501 --> 01:39:15,501
He withstands it with the Devil's help.

970
01:39:24,376 --> 01:39:29,292
<i>How much longer, oh Lord,
will you forsake me?</i>

971
01:39:30,126 --> 01:39:37,126
<i>Remember me, oh Lord,
as the tomb engulfs me.</i>

972
01:39:38,251 --> 01:39:45,334
<i>It has surrounded and divided me.
My bones are like molten wax.</i>

973
01:39:46,709 --> 01:39:49,917
<i>Remember me, oh Lord.
My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?</i>

974
01:39:53,376 --> 01:39:55,042
Kryštof.

975
01:40:06,167 --> 01:40:09,084
Forgive me, Kryštof.

976
01:40:09,917 --> 01:40:15,417
I've resigned from the Inquisition.
I cannot be your judge.

977
01:40:16,459 --> 01:40:19,667
Look at me, Kryštof.

978
01:40:22,167 --> 01:40:28,417
So, Father, you have resigned
from the Inquisition,

979
01:40:28,501 --> 01:40:33,876
so you don't have to take a stand
against a foul murderer.

980
01:40:34,501 --> 01:40:37,876
No, I'm sick.

981
01:40:40,042 --> 01:40:43,667
I'm glad I'm not alone.

982
01:40:49,126 --> 01:40:52,251
Can you forgive me?

983
01:40:52,334 --> 01:40:55,459
I cannot judge you.

984
01:40:55,542 --> 01:40:59,501
We are both poor, weak wretches.

985
01:41:24,251 --> 01:41:27,834
Is what you confessed to
yesterday true?

986
01:41:29,292 --> 01:41:31,459
Yes, I confess.

987
01:41:31,542 --> 01:41:35,667
To everything
the thirty-six witches testified to?

988
01:41:35,751 --> 01:41:38,876
Yes, yes, yes.

989
01:41:41,417 --> 01:41:45,001
Who else did you see
at Peter's Rock? Do not deny it!

990
01:41:47,501 --> 01:41:53,542
I confess I was
in such close league with the Devil,

991
01:41:54,251 --> 01:41:56,667
that at my request he conjured

992
01:41:56,751 --> 01:42:02,709
great darkness, storms,
hail and thunder.

993
01:42:03,376 --> 01:42:09,167
For that reason, I did not
recognise anyone present.

994
01:42:10,542 --> 01:42:12,667
Except for those who are dead.

995
01:42:12,751 --> 01:42:15,251
Sign for the record.

996
01:42:30,292 --> 01:42:33,417
The Devil craves dominion
over this world,

997
01:42:33,501 --> 01:42:37,667
but God let us uncover this unclean nest
and trample it underfoot.

998
01:42:37,751 --> 01:42:42,042
Praise the Lord
that we have the honour

999
01:42:42,126 --> 01:42:46,167
to destroy and purify it with fire.

1000
01:42:54,251 --> 01:43:00,626
We come, Brother, to prepare you
for the journey with our prayers.

1001
01:43:04,751 --> 01:43:09,667
You wouldn't have
a little tobacco for me, Father?

1002
01:43:33,376 --> 01:43:36,292
You're making a mistake, Brother.

1003
01:43:36,917 --> 01:43:39,376
That might be true, Father.

1004
01:43:40,126 --> 01:43:42,209
That was always my way.

1005
01:43:44,501 --> 01:43:46,667
I have sinned greatly.

1006
01:43:46,751 --> 01:43:49,417
Think of your salvation.

1007
01:43:50,501 --> 01:43:56,667
I often did. But there is
little time left for that now.

1008
01:43:58,709 --> 01:44:02,334
We'll stay with you
and pray until the morning.

1009
01:44:03,334 --> 01:44:07,584
- When am I going to get some sleep?
- Don't you fear God at all?

1010
01:44:07,667 --> 01:44:09,501
I do.

1011
01:44:10,126 --> 01:44:18,167
But I'm not going to talk
of Him with you.

1012
01:44:46,376 --> 01:44:48,417
They're afraid of you now.

1013
01:44:48,501 --> 01:44:52,501
Because you don't
fall in line with them.

1014
01:44:56,917 --> 01:45:00,501
Suspicion might fall
on any of them, but me...

1015
01:45:04,501 --> 01:45:06,209
Not... me!

1016
01:45:26,459 --> 01:45:28,501
I have already stepped forward!

1017
01:45:33,084 --> 01:45:34,959
I'm already walking tall.

1018
01:45:37,751 --> 01:45:39,376
It takes courage!

1019
01:45:40,792 --> 01:45:43,459
A firm goal and no scruples!

1020
01:45:45,042 --> 01:45:51,459
I'm no longer... an ordinary man.

1021
01:45:52,084 --> 01:45:55,209
I'm already... at the top.

1022
01:45:58,334 --> 01:46:01,334
<i>Our Father who art in Heaven,
forgive us our trespasses.</i>

1023
01:46:03,167 --> 01:46:05,251
<i>No, do not forgive us
our trespasses!</i>

1024
01:46:05,792 --> 01:46:07,667
<i>Don't forgive them, nor me.</i>

1025
01:46:08,251 --> 01:46:11,667
<i>For in Your name
we have sinned against Man.</i>

1026
01:46:20,917 --> 01:46:27,001
MASTER BOBLIG OF EDELSTADT
LIVED HAPPILY TO A RIPE OLD AGE.

1027
01:46:27,084 --> 01:46:31,459
AND EVEN GOT MARRIED.

1028
01:46:34,084 --> 01:46:37,792
THE END