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.
Directed by František Vláčil
Vítězslav Vejražka
The Burnt Miller
Miroslav Macháček
Chaplain Probus
Čestmír Řanda
Regent of Valec
Vlastimil Hašek
Filip the Hunter
Vít Olmer
The Miller's Son Jan
Karla Chadimová
Martina
František Kovářík
Sheep Shepherd
Bedřich Karen
Bishop Dittrichstejn
