THE DEVILS
by Ken Russell
synopsis
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.
original title: | The Devils |
country: | United Kingdom |
year: | 1971 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ken Russell |
film run: | 111' |
release date: | UK 25/07/1971, IT 28/08/1971, DE 17/09/1971, NL 14/10/1971, FR 29/10/1971, DK 01/01/1972, SE 21/02/1972, BE 19/05/1972, NO 24/05/1972, ES 1978, PL 25/07/2014 |
screenplay: | Ken Russell |
cast: | Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed, Dudley Sutton |
cinematography by: | David Watkin |
film editing: | Michael Bradsell |
costumes designer: | Shirley Russell |
producer: | Ken Russell, Robert H. Solo |
associate producer: | Roy Baird |