In 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.
Herbert Lom
as Lord Cumberland
Udo Kier
as Count Christian von Meruh
Olivera Katarina
as Vanessa Benedikt
Reggie Nalder
as Albino
Herbert Fux
as Jeff Wilkens - Executioner
Johannes Buzalski
as Advocato
Michael Maien
as Baron Daumer
Gaby Fuchs
as Deidre von Bergenstein
Adrian Hoven
as Nobleman
Ingeborg Schöner
as Nobleman's Wife
Percy Hoven
as Blond Child
Günter Clemens
as Friedrich
