The Pendle Witch Child (movie)

The Pendle Witch Child (movie)

  • User score: 8
  • Production country: United Kingdom
  • Producer: Ros Ereira
  • Production companies: Wingspan Productions, BBC Four
  • Genre: Documentary, History
  • Release date: 8/17/2011
  • Run time: 60 min.

Movie description

The extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl. Jennet Device, a beggar-girl from Pendle in Lancashire, was the star witness in the trial in 1612 of her own mother, her brother, her sister and many of her neighbours and, thanks to her chilling testimony, they were all hanged.

Actors

Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage

Role(s): Himself - Presenter

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