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Witchcraft

2019 · 96 min

A quiet, uneasy village drama that slowly tightens around you, mixing small-town suspicion with a creeping sense of the uncanny.

Directed by
Esther Bialas
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Horror
Starring
Valerie Stoll, Milena Tscharntke, Godehard Giese
Overview
After three years at boarding school, Hanna is returning home to her little village to help her father's butcher’s shop during her break. Soon she learns that she is not welcome in the village. Everyone remembers the horrific news story about her mother’s death which was followed by the discovery of three dead men in the marsh. Superstition rules the village and everyone believes her mother was a witch that lured the men into the marsh directly to their death. While struggling to make friends, she meets extroverted city girl Eva. Thinking she has finally found a friend, Hanna’s confidence, and with that her "power", starts to grow, while scary accidents begin to happen around her.

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Directed by
Esther Bialas
Genres
Mystery, Drama, Horror
Starring
Valerie Stoll, Milena Tscharntke, Godehard Giese
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • grief
  • deception
  • fate
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
mystery, drama, horror
Directed by
Esther Bialas
Written by
Lena Krumkamp
Starring
Valerie Stoll, Milena Tscharntke, Godehard Giese, Sebastian Hülk, Rick Okon, Maximilian Beck, Sascha Alexander Geršak, Anne Lebinsky
Music
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Cinematography
Christiane Buchmann
Runtime
96 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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