The Witches' Sabbath

May 26, 1988

1h 34m

★ 5.8

Overview

The freshly graduated psychiatrist David shall deliver an opinion about young Maddalena, who's on trial for murdering a hunter. She claims she's a witch and acted on behalf of the devil.

Genres

Horror

Drama

Mystery

Production Companies

Gruppo Bema

Reteitalia

Cinémax

TF1 Films Production

The Witches' Sabbath Trailers

Cast

Maddalena

Béatrice Dalle

Davide

Daniel Ezralow

Cristina

Corinne Touzet

Prof. Cadò

Jacques Weber

Renata Leoni

Roberta Lena

Daniele Nuccetelli

Saša Vulićević

(as Raffaella Rossellini)

Nur Rossellini

Stefano Abbati

Medico condotto

Omero Antonutti

Strega #1

Eleonora Di Mario

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