A small town is one day visited by a priest who is there on a secret mission. He is a member of the Inquisition sent to investigate the activities of a local miller. The miller and his son are the descendants of an old family whose ancestral home burned down a century ago, but was rebuilt from scratch. The miller inherited much of his knowledge about the land, water, and a building's stability from generations of family experience. His reputation for finding water and predicting when a structure might collapse have come to the attention of the Inquisition -surely he must be in league with the Devil.
František Vláčil | Director |
Alfred Technik | Novel |
Jaroslav Beránek | First Assistant Director |
Milan Kadlec | Assistant Director |
Zdena Pavlátová | Script |
Miroslav Sinkule | Camera Operator |
Rudolf Milič | Assistant Camera |
Karel Škvor | Production Design |
Oldřich Okáč | Assistant Production Design |
Jiří Cvrček | Set Decoration |