Sorcières : chronique d'un massacre
IMDB:
10.0
Released
10/11/2025
Duration
1h 28m
Genre
Documentary, History, Drama, Crime
Country
France
Cast
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?
Sorcières : chronique d'un massacre
IMDB:
10.0Released
10/11/2025
Genre
Documentary, History, Drama, Crime
Cast
Anna Flori-Lamour, Cédric Zimmerlin, Nicole Jacques-Lefèvre
Duration
1h 28m
Country
France
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?
Cast
Narrator & Voice over
Anna Flori-Lamour
Narrator & Voice over
Cédric Zimmerlin
Self : Historian
Nicole Jacques-Lefèvre
Self : Historian
Jan Machielsen
Self : Essayist
