<p>　　警察费舍尔（Michael Elphick 饰）避居开罗多年，最近被召回欧洲，参与一起连锁彩票杀人案的侦破。费舍尔拜会了恩师奥斯本，老人被警队开除后状况不佳，心血之作《犯罪元素》未受重视，而当年的同事克拉玛摇身一变成为警察局长。卖彩票姑娘的尸体在矿井中被发现，是连锁杀人案的最新受害者，费舍尔从奥斯本处得到嫌疑人格雷的零碎…

　　In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers have suffered at his hands. But one victim uses her occult powers to curse his family, enl…

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