Anna Goldin, the Last Witch

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Anna Goldin, the Last Witch (1991)

Directed by Gertrud Pinkus

History, Drama, TV Movie, Horror · 1h 45m

A native of Sennwald, Anna Göldi arrived in Glarus in 1765. For seventeen years, she worked as a maidservant for Johann Jakob Tschudi, a physician. Tschudi reported her for having put needles in the bread and milk of one of his daughters, apparently through supernatural means. Göldi at first escaped arrest, but the authorities of the Canton of Glarus advertised a reward for her capture in the Zürcher Zeitung on February 9, 1782. Göldi was arrested and under torture, admitted to entering in a pact with the Devil, who had appeared to her as a black dog. She withdrew her confession after the torture ended, but was sentenced on June 18, 1782 to execution by decapitation. The charges were officially of "poisoning" rather than witchcraft, even though the law at the time did not impose the death penalty for non-lethal poisoning.

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Cast

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Cornelia Kempers Anna Goeldin
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Luca Kurt Anne-Miggeli Tschudi Rüdiger Vogler Dr. Tschudi
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Ursula Andermatt Frau Tschudi Dominique Horwitz Kubli Anne-Marie Blanc Frau Zwicky Pinkas Braun Pfarrer Cameraius
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Annamirl Bierbichler Katharina

Crew

Director
Gertrud Pinkus
Writer
Gertrud Pinkus, Eveline Hasler, Stephan Portmann
Director of Photography
Franz Rath
Editor
Suzanne Baron
Producer
Monika Aubele

Details

Original title
Anna Göldin, letzte Hexe
Release date
1991-08-01
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
History, Drama, TV Movie, Horror
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
Germany, Switzerland
Production
BR