
Sorcières : chronique d'un massacre
A sober, harrowing history lesson that weighs heavily, mixing reenactment and testimony to expose the machinery of persecution.
- Directed by
- Marie Thiry
- Genres
- Documentary, History, Drama
- Starring
- Anna Flori-Lamour, Cédric Zimmerlin, Nicole Jacques-Lefèvre
- Overview
- In 1609, Henry IV sent Inquisition judge Pierre de Lancre to the French Basque Country to investigate witchcraft. In the trials, 80 people were sentenced to death at the stake. Between the 15th and 17th centuries, a total of between 40,000 and 60,000 people fell victim to such waves of persecution in Europe. How can this phenomenon be explained?
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- Directed by
- Marie Thiry
- Genres
- Documentary, History, Drama
- Starring
- Anna Flori-Lamour, Cédric Zimmerlin, Nicole Jacques-Lefèvre












