Season of the Witch

A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.

Cast

Nicolas Cage

as Behman

Ron Perlman

as Felson

Ulrich Thomsen

as Eckhardt

Christopher Lee

as Cardinal D'Ambroise

Fernanda Dorogi

as Givaudon

Stephen Graham

as Hagamar

Rebekah Kennedy

as Peasant Trurk Girl

Matt Devere

as Sergeant in Arms

Robert Sheehan

as Kay

Claire Foy

as The Girl

Reviews

Per Gunnar Jonsson

It never received very god critics and I have to say it wasn’t the best film that I have seen, even though Nicolas Cage is one of my favorite actors. Then again, I never really like it when my favorite actors die at the end of the movie. Also the CGI, especially at the end of the film, was of rather...

Wuchak

***Knights, crusades, black plague, witches, castles, foreboding forests and demons*** RELEASED IN EARLY 2011 and directed by Dominic Sena, "Season of the Witch" chronicles events when two ex-Teutonic Knight crusaders (Nicolas Cage & Ron Pearlman) traveling through Styria in modern-day Austria ar...

Filipe Manuel Neto

**A perfect example of how disrespect for the past and history can totally annihilate a film, even if it is fiction.** I really enjoy watching period films. However, my work as a historian gives me some antibodies to these films, for reasons linked to the lack of ability to harmonize creative fre...

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