The Witch Hunt
Having gone through many personal struggles, Eli returns to her native village and begins to work on the farm of Ingeborg Eriksdotter, 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 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.
Year: 1981
Genre: Drama
Studio: Norsk Film, Svenska Filminstitutet
Director: Anja Breien
Cast: Lil Terselius, Bjørn Skagestad, Anita Björk, Erik Mørk, Ella Hval, Jan Hårstad
Crew: Anja Breien (Director), Arne Nordheim (Music), Gunnar Svensrud (Producer), Anja Breien (Writer), Tina Johansson (Makeup Artist), Lars Hagström (Editor)
Keyword : witch hunt, woman director
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