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Title: Mother Joan of the Angels (1961)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Lucyna Winnicka | ... | Mother Joan of the Angels | |
| Mieczyslaw Voit | ... | Father Jozef Suryn / Rabbi | |
| Anna Ciepielewska | ... | Sister Malgorzata / Margareth | |
| Maria Chwalibóg | ... | Antosia / Girl at the Inn | |
| Kazimierz Fabisiak | ... | Father Brym | |
| Stanislaw Jasiukiewicz | ... | Chrzaszczewski / Squire | |
| Zygmunt Zintel | ... | Wincenty Wolodkowicz / Innkeeper | |
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Jerzy Kaczmarek | ... | Kaziuk |
| Franciszek Pieczka | ... | Odryn | |
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Jaroslaw Kuszewski | ... | Juraj |
| Lech Wojciechowski | ... | Piatkowski | |
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Marian Nosek | ... | Dominican Priest |
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Jerzy Walden | ... | Dominican Priest |
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Marian Nowak | ||
| Zygmunt Malawski | ... | Exorcist | |
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Set in the 17th century. A convent in a small town is being visited by high-ranking Catholic official trying to exorcise the nun supposedly posessed by demons. A local priest have been burnt for creating this condition by sexual temptation of the nuns, especially the Mother superior who bring on the collective hysteria of the group. There is another young priest who is to help with the exorcism. His first meeting with the convent head, Mother Joanne of the Angels, has her seemingly posessed by Satan - she yells blasphemies and incites the priest. She begs the priest to save her and to help her to be a saint. Written by Polish Cinema Database <http://info.fuw.edu.pl/Filmy/>
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Country:
PolandRelease Date:
9 February 1961 (Poland) See more »Also Known As:
Mother Joan of the Angels See more »Filming Locations:
Józefów, Lódzkie, PolandCompany Credits
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1.37 : 1
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Performed by the Polish Radio Choirs
Conducted by Tadeusz Dobrzanski
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Based on the same 17th century historical incident that was also the basis for Ken Russell's "The Devils". See more »Soundtracks
Theme MusicPerformed by the Polish Radio Choirs
Conducted by Tadeusz Dobrzanski
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A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.
I had never heard of this before it ended up on one of my lists and the title did not instill much confidence. Instead, it shocked and amazed me. Whether this is a "horror" film or not is open to debate. I think it is, but it is done in such a way that it will appeal to a wider audience than just the horror crowd. At the time his film was made, how many possession movies existed? To my knowledge, not very many.
The gritty lack of color, this is a film that deserves to be highlighted by scholars and movie lovers alike. I understand Martin Scorsese gave it some love, but perhaps there is more that can be done.