The Witch Hunt
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Watch the witch hunt soap2day. Having gone through many personal struggles, Eli (Lil Terselius) returns to her native village and begins to work on the farm of Ingeborg Eriksdotter (Anita Bjork), eventually tending a plot that once belonged to her family. But Eli has been gone a long time, and the opaque villagers see her as an outsider—she is suspicious from the start. The year is 1625, and stories of witches conjuring up evil are a part of the daily culture. Eli unwittingly makes matters worse for herself when she is able to cure the sick with herbs, and when she begins an affair with Aslak (Bjoern Skagestad) a farmhand—clearly she must have cast a spell on him. This all adds up to a witch hunt with a ready-made "witch." Eli, in the end, is officially accused of witchcraft by a devious bailiff, while Ingeborg makes every attempt to save her, and Aslak himself does not survive the stress—hardly a good omen for the outcome of the trial.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Sweden, Norway
- Director: Anja Breien
- Cast: Lil Terselius, Bjørn Skagestad, Anita Björk, Erik Mørk, Ella Hval, Jan Hårstad, Espen Skjønberg, Lars Andreas Larssen, Eilif Armand, Jens Okking, Mona Jacobsen, Cay Kristiansen, Jorunn Kjellsby, Petter Singsaas, Hæge Juve, Rolf Schei, Lothar Lindtner, Ivar Viken, Oddbjørn Hesjevoll,
