An experimental musical period drama about the witchhunts in 1595 in the south of the Netherlands. The film depicts the last days of the life of the young woman Heylken.
Social & External
The people behind it
Pitou Nicolaes
Heylken
Fay IJsseldijk
Griet
Phedra Vandenbergh
Neele
Annemarie Feltmann
Marie
Ko Zandvliet
Boer
Guido Pollemans
Vader Griet
Rogier Schippers
Schepen
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