The Noonday Witch

Mar 3, 2016

1h 30m

★ 4.4

Overview

A story of Eliska and her daughter, starting a new life in a remote house with the 'father away on business', as the mother claims. After the lie is disclosed, their relationship begins to wither. At that time, the mythical Noonday Witch begins to materialize. She is coming closer and closer and the question is poised: is the danger real or is it all in the mother's crumbling head?

Genres

Thriller

Horror

Production Companies

Falcon

Barletta

Státní fond ČR pro podporu a rozvoj české kinematografie

RWE

Room One Films

Universal Production Partners

Soundsquare

HBO Europe

The Noonday Witch Trailers

Cast

Eliška

Anna Geislerová

Anetka

Karolína Lipowská

Mayor Mráz

Zdeněk Mucha

Mrs. Mrázová

Daniela Kolářová

Zdeněk Poláček

Jiří Štrébl

Dása Polácková

Marie Ludvíková

Simon's mother

Halka Třešňáková

Simon

Mikuláš Prošek

Sedlácek

Marek Pospíchal

Merta

Tomáš Bambušek

Budinský

Petr Kocourek

Ruml

Zdeněk Palusga

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