The Witches of Salem
Salem, 1692. Industrious farmer, John Proctor, has twice made love to 17-year-old Abigail, a youth he and his wife have taken in. (His wife Elisabeth has rebuffed him for seven months; she is puritanical and cold.) When she finds John and Abigail embracing, she sends the lass from her home and John, feeling damned, agrees. Abigail vows revenge. Her chance comes when she accuses Elisabeth of witchcraft and manipulates younger girls to support her claims of seeing spirits. The town's minister and politicians want a cause: ridding the town of witchcraft is the ideal repression.
Released: 1957
Casts:
Mylène Demongeot, Alfred Adam, Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Rignault, Hans Klering, Vinnette Carroll, Darling Légitimus, Jean Debucourt, Jean Amadou, Ursula Körbs, Jean Riveyre, Yves Brainville, Françoise Lugagne, Simone Signoret, Pierre Larquey, Raymond Rouleau, Jean Gaven, Aribert Grimmer, Werner Segtrop, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Coutan-Lambert, Madame Pâquerette, Véronique Nordey, Gerd Michael Henneberg, Chantal Gozzi, Pascale Petit, Sabine Thalbach, Lucien Guervil