Movie: Sorcières : chronique d'un massacre

Top 5 Billed Cast

Anna Flori-Lamour
Anna Flori-Lamour

Narrator & Voice over

Cédric Zimmerlin
Cédric Zimmerlin

Narrator & Voice over

Nicole Jacques-Lefèvre
Nicole Jacques-Lefèvre

Self : Historian

Jan Machielsen
Jan Machielsen

Self : Historian

Mona Chollet
Mona Chollet

Self : Essayist

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