Anna Göldin – Letzte Hexe

Anna Gödin – The Last Witch
Anna Göldin – dernière sorcière
Anna Göldin – ultima strega

Switzerland / Germany / France, August 1991
FILM, Fiction, 108 min.

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directed by
Gertrud Pinkus
Written by
Gertrud Pinkus, Eveline Hasler
Status
In distribution

Glarus, november 1981: the little daughter of a distinguished family finds in her milk at breakfast some pins. The maid Anna Göldin arouses suspicion, a woman of complex sensuality. Both, master and daughter, are under a spell. Anna Göldin is at once dismissed. After that, the daughter is for weeks spitting out 106 pins and her left leg is getting paralyzed. Anna Göldin is getting accused, having bewitched the child. She is fetched back to Glarus. And she can heal the child. Therefor she produces evidence of being a witch. During torture she admits all accusations. On June 18, 1782 she is put to death. Anna Göldin ist he last woman in Europe, who is convicted as a witch by an official high court.

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World Premiere
August 1991
Original Version
German (english subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 108 min.
ISAN
0000-0000-68EE-0000-R-0000-0000-U
Production
P&P Film AG, Alpha-Film GmbH, Hexatel
Producer
Monika Aubele
directed by
Gertrud Pinkus
Written by
Gertrud Pinkus, Eveline Hasler
Cinemato­graphy
Franz Rath
Music
Sine Nomine
Location Sound Mix
Gérard Rueff
Production Design
Kathrin Brunner, Franz Geuer
Special Effects
Karl Baumgartner
Lighting Design
Ekkehard Heinrich
Costumes
Greti Kläy

Cast

Cornelia Kempers
Ursula Andermatt
Peter Wyssbrod
Roger Jendly
Anne-Marie Blanc
Dimitri
Dominique Horwitz
Annemirl Bierbichler
Luca Kurt
Stefan Gubser
Pinkas Braun

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Gertrud Pinkus

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