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2026 · Music · Drama
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Film / 1969
The Devils of Loudun
Directed by
Rolf Liebermann
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.
The story
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
Cvetka AhlinClaire - Ursuline Sister
Heinz BlankenburgMannoury - a surgeon
Ursula BoeseLouise - Ursuline sister
Franz-Rudolf EckhardtClerk of the Count
Joachim Hessd'Armagnac - the Mayor of Loudun
Andrzej HiolskiGrandier - the vicar of St. Peter's Church
Ingeborg KrugerPhilippe - a young girl
Bernard ŁadyszFather Barré - the vicar of Chinon
Rolf Mamerode Cerisay - town judge
Kurt MarschnerAdam - a chemist
Helmut Melchertde Laubardemont - the King's special commissioner
Carl SchulzBontemps - a gaoler
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Hans SotinFather Rangier
Elisabeth SteinerNinon - a young widow
Helga ThiemeGabrielle - Ursuline sister
Tatiana TroyanosJeanne - the prioress of St. Ursula's Convent
Arnold Van MillAsmodeus
Ernst WiemannFather Ambrose - an old priest
Horst WilhelmFather Mignon - the Ursulines' father confessor
William WorkmanPrince Henri de Conde - the King's special ambassador
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