Akelarre is a 1984 Spanish period drama film directed by Pedro Olea. The plot tackles witchcraft trials directed against the Araitz witches.
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Plot
Set in Navarre at the end of the 16th century. Garazi is the granddaughter of a woman burned as a witch who confronts the Catholic Church again, but is ultimately freed by Unai Esparza and his men.
Cast
Sílvia Munt as Garazi
José Luis López Vázquez as Inquisitor
Mary Carrillo as Amunia
Walter Vidarte as Don Fermín de Andueza
Patxi Bisquert as Unai
Iñaki Miramón as Íñigo
Mikel Garmendia
Javier Loyola as Prior
Sergio Mendizábal as Antxón
Félix Rotaeta as J. de Areso
Release
The film was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in Spain on 8 March 1984.