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The Devils (1971)
7.7
This film focuses on an outspoken priest and a group of sexually repressed nuns in 17th-century France. Director:Ken Russell |
111 min - 
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Dudley Sutton | ... |
Baron De Laubardemont
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Max Adrian | ... |
Ibert
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Madeleine
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Murray Melvin | ... |
Mignon
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Father Barre
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Georgina Hale | ... |
Philippe
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Brian Murphy | ... |
Adam
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John Woodvine | ... |
Trincant
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Andrew Faulds | ... |
Rangier
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Kenneth Colley | ... |
Legrand
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Judith Paris | ... |
Sister Judith
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Storyline
Cardinal Richelieu and his power-hungry entourage seek to take control of seventeenth-century France, but need to destroy Father Grandier - the priest who runs the fortified town that prevents them from exerting total control. So they seek to destroy him by setting him up as a warlock in control of a devil-possessed nunnery, the mother superior of which is sexually obsessed by him. A mad witch-hunter is brought in to gather evidence against the priest, ready for the big trial. Written by Niz
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Ken Russell's Film of The Devils See more »Box Office
Gross:
SEK 1,200,949 (Sweden)Company Credits
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| UK: (restored version)Sound Mix:
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2.20 : 1
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The role of Sister Jeanne was originally offered to Glenda Jackson, who turned it down because she was tired of playing sexually neurotic leads in Ken Russell movies. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Early in the movie when Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed) is seen grooming his hair. It is a close-up of him supposedly looking at a mirror in the upper left hand corner of the screen, behind the viewer. Obviously there is no mirror as he consistently misses combing the more egregiously messed up parts of his hair and instead repeatedly combs the portions that are already groomed. In fact when he is done, his hair is still messed up. See more »
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