The Devil's Trap
1962 · 85 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 829 VOTES · DIR. František Vláčil
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 499 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:35 About our land
00:04:08 Your vassals are cheeky.
00:06:25 Same, but under the straw.
00:12:34 - Come to chapel in the evening. - No.
00:14:41 I imagined you somehow else.
00:16:48 Sir regent.
00:20:40 Move!
00:23:56 There's no way for a living creature nor there neither here.
00:26:34 Not with this one.
00:30:48 Hold!
00:32:27 I don't give up on hope.
00:34:40 and you will have to deal with me.
00:38:11 Don't be too curious.
00:43:39 To the threshing?
00:47:07 You could spare that.
00:52:53 Clever idea, the feast.
00:55:08 down there.
00:56:51 the more are your ears closed to the only voice you should listen to.
00:58:52 I'm fed up with it.
01:02:35 Dad used to come here too.
01:08:00 Not in the beck, your reverency.
01:12:40 in the moment of joy of your nobleness' good?
01:14:49 where can we find that one who you are talking about?
01:17:39 I will get him.
Cast & Characters
Vítezslav Vejrazka
Mlynár Spálený
Miroslav Machácek
kaplan Probus
Cestmír Randa
Regent Valecský z Valce
Vít Olmer
Mlynáruv syn Jan
Karla Chadimová
Martina
Vlastimil Hasek
myslivec Filip
Frantisek Kovárík
Pastýr ovcí
Jaroslav Moucka
Jakub
Josef Hlinomaz
Dráb na poli
Bedrich Karen
Biskup Dittrichstejn
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed499
Dialogue density5.9 lines / min
First line00:00:35
Final line01:17:39
Production Record
DirectorFrantišek Vláčil
LanguageCS
IMDb votes829