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{{Infobox film
| name           = Akelarre
| image          = Akelarre (film) poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Pedro Olea]]
| producer       = 
| writer         = Gonzalo Goicoechea<br>Pedro Olea
| starring       = {{ubl|[[Sílvia Munt]]|[[José Luis López Vázquez]]|[[Mary Carrillo|Mari Carrillo]]|[[Walter Vidarte]]|Patxi Bisquert|Iñaki Miramón}}
| music          = [[Carmelo Bernaola]]
| cinematography = [[José Luis Alcaine]]
| editing        = [[José Salcedo (film editor)|José Salcedo]]
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{film date|1984|02||[[34th Berlin International Film Festival|Berlinale]]|1984|3|8|Spain|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 109 minutes
| country        = Spain
| language       = Spanish
| budget         = 
}}

'''''Akelarre'''''{{refn|group=n.| ''[[Akelarre]]'' means "[[Witches' Sabbath]]" in [[Basque language|Basque]].}} is a 1984 Spanish [[period drama]] film directed by [[Pedro Olea]]. The plot tackles [[witchcraft trials]] directed against the [[Araitz]] witches.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.araitz.es/es/araitz/ |title=ARAITZ » Araitzko Udala |access-date=13 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214002421/http://www.araitz.es/es/araitz/ |archive-date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> 
==Plot==
Set in [[Navarre]] at the end of the  [[16th century]]. Garazi is the granddaughter of a woman burned as a witch who confronts the [[Catholic Church]] again, but is ultimately freed by Unai Esparza and his men.

==Cast==
* [[Sílvia Munt]] as Garazi
* [[José Luis López Vázquez]] as Inquisitor
* [[Mary Carrillo]] as Amunia
* [[Walter Vidarte]] as Don Fermín de Andueza
* {{ill|Patxi Bisquert|es}} as Unai
* {{ill|Iñaki Miramón|es}} as Íñigo
* [[Mikel Garmendia]]
* [[Javier Loyola]] as Prior
* [[Sergio Mendizábal]] as Antxón
* [[Félix Rotaeta]] as J. de Areso

== Release ==
The film was entered into the [[34th Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/1984/programme/19844052.html |title=Berlinale: 1984 Programme |accessdate=21 November 2010 |work=berlinale.de| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101228085415/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1984/02_programm_1984/02_Programm_1984.html| archivedate= 28 December 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> It was released theatrically in Spain on 8 March 1984.<ref>{{Cite book|first=José María|last=Caparrós Lera|year=1992|location=Barcelona|title=El cine español de la democracia: de la muerte de Franco al "cambio" socialista (1975-1989)|publisher=Anthropos|isbn=84-7658-312-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejhyphmNloQC&pg=PA360|page=360}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of Spanish films of 1984]]

== Informational notes ==
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{imdb title|id=0086864|title=Akelarre}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|akelarre_2013}}

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[[Category:1984 films]]
[[Category:1980s Spanish-language films]]
[[Category:1984 drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Pedro Olea]]
[[Category:Spanish drama films]]
[[Category:Spanish-language drama films]]
[[Category:Films about witchcraft]]
[[Category:1984 Spanish films]]
[[Category:Films set in Navarre]]
[[Category:Films set in the 16th century]]


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