Anna Goldin, the Last Witch - 1991

A native of Sennwald, Anna Göldi arrived in Glarus in 1765. For seventeen years, she worked as a maidservant for Johann Jakob Tschudi, a physician. Tschudi reported her for having put needles in the bread and milk of one of his daughters, apparently through supernatural means. Göldi at first escaped arrest, but the authorities of the Canton of Glarus advertised a reward for her capture in the Zürcher Zeitung on February 9, 1782. Göldi was arrested and under torture, admitted to entering in a pact with the Devil, who had appeared to her as a black dog. She withdrew her confession after the torture ended, but was sentenced on June 18, 1782 to execution by decapitation. The charges were officially of "poisoning" rather than witchcraft, even though the law at the time did not impose the death penalty for non-lethal poisoning.

105min
1991
12
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.3/10

Cast

Rüdiger Vogler profile pictureRüdiger VoglerDr. Tschudi
Anne-Marie Blanc profile pictureAnne-Marie BlancFrau Zwicky
Pinkas Braun profile picturePinkas BraunPfarrer Cameraius

About Anna Goldin, the Last Witch

Anna Goldin, the Last Witch Overview

A native of Sennwald, Anna Göldi arrived in Glarus in 1765. For seventeen years, she worked as a maidservant for Johann Jakob Tschudi, a physician. Tschudi reported her for having put needles in the bread and milk of one of his daughters, apparently through supernatural means. Göldi at first escaped arrest, but the authorities of the Canton of Glarus advertised a reward for her capture in the Zürcher Zeitung on February 9, 1782. Göldi was arrested and under torture, admitted to entering in a pact with the Devil, who had appeared to her as a black dog. She withdrew her confession after the torture ended, but was sentenced on June 18, 1782 to execution by decapitation. The charges were officially of "poisoning" rather than witchcraft, even though the law at the time did not impose the death penalty for non-lethal poisoning.

Age Rating: 12
Runtime: 105min

Extra details

Original Title: Anna Göldin, letzte Hexe
Original Language: German
Directed By: Gertrud Pinkus
Production Companies
Bayerischer Rundfunk