Mark of the Devil

(1970)

★ 6.1 IMDb · 110 votes

Genres: Horror, Drama, History, Thriller

Year: 1970

Runtime: 96 мин

Country: Germany

Director: Michael Armstrong, Adrian Hoven

Cast: Герберт Лом, Удо Кир, Olivera Katarina, Reggie Nalder, Herbert Fux, Johannes Buzalski, Michael Maien, Gaby Fuchs, Adrian Hoven, Ingeborg Schöner

Plot

In 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.

Udo Kier is a witch hunter apprentice to Herbert Lom. He believes strongly in his mentor and the ways of the church but loses faith when he catches Lom committing a crime. Kier slowly begins to see for himself that the witch trials are nothing but a scam of the church to rob people of their land, money, and other personal belongings of value and seduce beautiful women.