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The Devils
In 1634 France, charismatic Father Urbain Grandier becomes the target of a sexually obsessed nun’s witchcraft accusations, which corrupt church and state officials are all too happy to exploit.
1971 · Directed by Ken Russell · 112 min · Drama · History · Horror · 41 frames
Tagline
Hell will hold no surprises for them...
Crew
- Screenplay: Ken Russell
- Cinematography: David Watkin
- Edited by: Michael Bradsell
- Music: Peter Maxwell Davies
- Production design: Derek Jarman
- Produced by: Ken Russell, Robert H. Solo
Cast
- Vanessa Redgrave as Sister Jeanne des Anges
- Oliver Reed as Father Urbain Grandier
- Dudley Sutton as Baron de Laubardemont
- Max Adrian as Ibert
- Gemma Jones as Madeleine de Brou
- Murray Melvin as Father-Canon Jean Mignon
- Michael Gothard as Father Pierre Barre
- Georgina Hale as Philippe Trincant
- Brian Murphy as Adam
- Christopher Logue as Cardinal Richelieu
Production
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English, Latin
- Studios: Russo Productions
- Budget: $2,000,000
- Box office: $11,000,000
- Themes: based on novel or book, sexual obsession, nun, chaos, inquisition, exploitation, satire, surrealism, based on true story, based on play or musical
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