Sorcières : chronique d'un massacre

Sorcières : chronique d'un massacre
2025
★★★★★ 10.0/10
⏱️ 88 min
📅 Released
🌐 FR
DocumentaryHistoryDramaCrime
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?

Cast

Anna Flori-Lamour
Anna Flori-Lamour
Narrator & Voice over
Cédric Zimmerlin
Cédric Zimmerlin
Narrator & Voice over
Nicole Jacques-Lefèvre
Nicole Jacques-Lefèvre
Self : Historian
Jan Machielsen
Jan Machielsen
Self : Historian
Mona Chollet
Mona Chollet
Self : Essayist

Crew

Director
Marie Thiry
Producer
Hind Saïh

Production

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

Keywords

christianitywitch burningdeathwitch hunthistorical dramagovernment witch huntsocial & cultural documentaryhistorycrime documentaryviolence