Witchhammer

Witchhammer
Directed by	Otakar Vávra
Written by	Otakar Vávra Ester Krumbachová
Based on	Kladivo na čarodějnice by Václav Kaplický
Starring	Elo Romančík Vladimír Šmeral Soňa Valentová
Cinematography	Josef Illík
Edited by	Antonín Zelenka
Music by	Jiří Srnka
Production company	Filmové studio Barrandov
Release date	23 January 1970 (1970-01-23)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Witchhammer (Czech: Kladivo na čarodějnice) is a 1970 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra and starring Elo Romančík. Based on the novel Kladivo na čarodějnice by Václav Kaplický, Witchhammer relates the story of the Northern Moravia witch trials of the 1670s, focusing on the priest Kryštof Lautner, played by Romančík, who falls victim to the witchhunt after opposing the trials. The film contains possible allegory about Communist show trials in Czechoslovakia.

The film had a limited release in Czechoslovakia. Despite this, it won awards at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival in 1970 and is considered one of Vávra's finest films.