The Devils 1971 Movie

IMDB Rating 7.8  (10K)
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 a sexually repressed nun. More details

Directors

Ken Russell

Cast

Vanessa RedgraveOliver ReedDudley Sutton

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biographydramahistorynunsploitationpriestcardinal richelieufrance17th centuryhysteriamother superiornunwarlockreference to mary magdalenevomitingpsychological horrordeathmanipulationsatireblack comedyimplied sodomypusferal dogsubjective cameracharacter's point of view camera shotlatin quotationbroken bonestate funeralskullsexual hysteriahystericshysterical femalebrutalityviolencewhite horsehorse and riderrepressed sexualityreligious psychosissexexecution by firelesbian flirtingfemale vomitingbastard sonreference to judasreference to jesus christrazor strapdevastationjudas priestcrab walkcrawling on hands and kneesspectacleshistorical reinterpretationgovernorsecretly observingdonkey cartlargessburnt tonguefuneral processionbroken on the wheelblack deathmaggotcalvarychrist's passionpandemoniumexcommunicationcrocodilegothic architecturewoman naked under coverscharnel pitbanned filmchamber musicwigtransvestismtragic eventabsolute monarchyabsurd humorrape of a nuncontortionisttongue piercingbook as a giftspeaking in tonguesrosary beadslong haired malethirty years warcorpse in a coffinthunderhuguenotvisual hallucinationbonfireshaved headtorture devicehornetplague victimdeath of priestmouth forced opencamp humourvicetemptationstigmasinsex with a priestreligious persecutionreligious fanaticismpriest in lovepriest having sex with a womanpossessionplagueorgymortal sinlustloyaltyjesuit priestinquisitionfortificationexorcistdeliriumconfessorconfessionconfessionalcity wallbroken sword1630sabbesscatholiccatholic priestcatholic churchcardinal the priestburned at the stakecult filmcontroversytorturefemale nuditycorporal punishmentsurrealismskeletonmale frontal nudityfemale frontal nuditycrucifixionfemale masturbationburned aliveking louis xiiileechexorcismdevilhangingreligionhunchbackmass hysteriaconventexecutiontragedybased on true storybased on playku klux klangore
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