The Devils

The Devils (1971)

1 March 1972 (AU)Drama, History1 hour and 54 minutes
75%
User score

Hell holds no surprises for them.

Description

In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of Loudun from the corrupt establishment of Cardinal Richelieu. Hysteria occurs within the city when he is accused of witchcraft by the sexually repressed Sister Jeanne.

Ken Russell
Director, Screenplay
Aldous Huxley
Novel
John Whiting
Theatre Play

Actors

Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
Sister Jeanne des Anges
Oliver Reed
Oliver Reed
Father Urbain Grandier
Dudley Sutton
Dudley Sutton
Baron de Laubardemont
Max Adrian
Max Adrian
Ibert
Gemma Jones
Gemma Jones
Madeleine de Brou
Murray Melvin
Murray Melvin
Father-Canon Jean Mignon
Michael Gothard
Michael Gothard
Father Pierre Barre
Georgina Hale
Georgina Hale
Philippe Trincant
Brian Murphy
Brian Murphy
Adam
Christopher Logue
Christopher Logue
Cardinal Richelieu
Graham Armitage
Graham Armitage
King Louis XIII
John Woodvine
John Woodvine
Louis Trincant
Andrew Faulds
Andrew Faulds
Rangier
Kenneth Colley
Kenneth Colley
Legrand
Judith Paris
Judith Paris
Sister Agnes (miscredited as Sister Judith)
Catherine Willmer
Catherine Willmer
Sister Catherine
Izabella Telezynska
Izabella Telezynska
Sister Iza
Niké Arrighi
Niké Arrighi
Nun (uncredited)
Pat Ashton
Pat Ashton
Gossiping Woman (uncredited)
Peter Avella
Peter Avella
Citizen (uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue

$11,000,000

Keywords
nunchaoschristianityinquisitionexploitationsatiresurrealismbiographybased on true storysinhysteriapriesttorturecatholic churchblasphemyconvent (nunnery)nunsploitation17th centuryreligious controversysexual perversionabsurdbanned filmbold