The Devil's Trap (Czech: Ďáblova past) is a 1962 Czechoslovak historical film directed by František Vláčil.

[1][2][3] It is considered the first part of a loose trilogy of historical films by Vláčil, the others being Marketa Lazarová and The Valley of the Bees.

Spálený knows the local lands well, but his family is suspected of witchcraft due to an incident that occurred generations before.

When Swedish soldiers arrive and plunder the land, they also burn the mill, but Spálený and his family miraculously survive.

Probus and the Regent then attempt to capture Spálený, but he disappears into a cave complex under the mill.