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The Devils of Loudun (1969)
Directed by Joachim Hess
Music, History, Drama · 1h 47m
This opera revolves around the demonic collective possession suffered by the Ursuline nuns in the convent of Loudun in 1634. The story concentrates on the handsome but doomed Urbain Grandier who fights against fanaticism and evil.
Cast
C
Cvetka Ahlin
Claire - Ursuline Sister
H
Heinz Blankenburg
Mannoury - a surgeon
U
Ursula Boese
Louise - Ursuline sister
F
Franz-Rudolf Eckhardt
Clerk of the Count
J
Joachim Hess
d'Armagnac - the Mayor of Loudun
A
Andrzej Hiolski
Grandier - the vicar of St. Peter's Church
I
Ingeborg Kruger
Philippe - a young girl
Bernard Ładysz
Father Barré - the vicar of Chinon
R
Rolf Mamero
de Cerisay - town judge
K
Kurt Marschner
Adam - a chemist
H
Helmut Melchert
de Laubardemont - the King's special commissioner
C
Carl Schulz
Bontemps - a gaoler
Crew
- Director
- Joachim Hess
- Writer
- Krzysztof Penderecki, Aldous Huxley
Details
- Original title
- Die Teufel von Loudun
- Release date
- 1969-07-02
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Music, History, Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Polyphon, NDR