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Feature film — 2025

Sorcières : chronique d'un massacre (2025)

8.51h 28mDocumentary — History — Drama — Crime

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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Bellota Films / Laima Producciones / ARTE / CNC / Creative Europe Media / PROCIREP / Angoa-Agicoa / La Région Île-de-France / Lamia Producciones / Kanaki Films

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Director: Marie Thiry

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Cast & crew

Anna Flori-Lamour as Narrator & Voice over

Anna Flori-Lamour

Narrator & Voice over

Cédric Zimmerlin as Narrator & Voice over

Cédric Zimmerlin

Narrator & Voice over

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Nicole Jacques-Lefèvre

Self : Historian

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Jan Machielsen

Self : Historian

M

Mona Chollet

Self : Essayist

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